Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School is one of the sprawling intermediate schools in SAINT CLAIR SHORES, Michigan, one of the schools within Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb), with 990 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 502 students per school, that is 97% bigger than typical.

Lakeview Public Schools (Macomb) runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,124 students. Jefferson Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jefferson Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, Jefferson Middle School logs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the area at large, Macomb County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,837, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Jefferson Middle School is one of 236 public schools in Macomb County (combined enrollment of about 115,743 students).

Nearest neighbor: Greenwood Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Middle School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jefferson Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,081 (now 990). White enrollment moved from 76% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

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