Jefferson Middle School

Set in MONROE, Michigan, Jefferson Middle School is an intimate middle-grades school, run under Jefferson Schools (Monroe). It instructs 304 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 502 students each, so Jefferson Middle School sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Jefferson Schools (Monroe) runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,336 students. Jefferson Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jefferson Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Monroe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Jefferson Middle School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Jefferson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Monroe County's rate of about 41%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

Around the school, Monroe County reports that median household income runs about $77,335, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Monroe County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,286 students), Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Middle School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Middle School has shrank 41%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 96% to 89%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.