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Jonesville Middle School

401 E CHICAGO ST, JONESVILLE, MI 49250 · (517) 849-3210 · Hillsdale County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Michigan public middle schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public middle schools

Enrollment
297
Middle
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 502
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
154 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 610034%
Grade 78830%
Grade 810937%
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
27292%
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
93%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Two+
114%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
14649%
Female
15151%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Jonesville Middle School→Jonesville High School
Based on grade levels within Jonesville Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
35.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
29.9%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Jonesville Middle School

Jonesville Middle School's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Jonesville Middle School this school29751.9%36.6%
Jefferson Middle School
MONROE
30452.3%34.4%
Menominee Jr High School
MENOMINEE
27153.1%36.7%
Manton Consolidated Middle School
MANTON
30549.5%41.7%
OvidElsie Middle School
ELSIE
29350.2%47.8%
Carson CityCrystal Upper ElementaryMiddle School
CARSON CITY
26254.2%N/A
Matched among Michigan middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Jonesville Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Michigan
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.6%#273 of 397
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
29.9%#258 of 380
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
35.9%#268 of 377
Enrollment
ranked largest first
297#376 of 491
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
18.1:1#277 of 436
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
15.9%#379 of 437
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
51.9%#196 of 477
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.1%#135 of 339
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
297
+33 (+13%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529716.418.1:152% (154)
2023-2430015.419.5:157% (172)
2022-2327816.217.2:156% (157)
2020-212641418.9:151% (135)
2017-183541819.7:151% (182)
2015-163681721.6:147% (174)
2010-113021421.6:152% (156)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonesville Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 16% (354 to 297); teachers down 9% (18 to 16.4).

About Jonesville Middle School

Jonesville Middle School runs as a small middle school in JONESVILLE, Michigan. Enrollment totals 297 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Michigan, the average enrollment is about 502.

Jonesville Middle School is run by Jonesville Community Schools, whose 4 schools enroll 1,180 students.

The share of White students at Jonesville Middle School is 92%. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Hillsdale County overall, the White share is about 93%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Jonesville Middle School scores 16%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. The school has 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Michigan is similar, at 17.5:1. In all, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Jonesville Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of Michigan public middle schools.

After adjusting for student poverty, Jonesville Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Michigan schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.6%; the prediction is 43.3%.

The school's county is Hillsdale County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $64,242, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Hillsdale County's 23 public schools enroll about 5,067 students and include Jonesville Middle School.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Jonesville Pathways, is the closest to Jonesville Middle School. Jonesville Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jonesville Middle School comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.

For locale, NCES codes Jonesville Middle School as Town: Distant.

Enrollment was 297 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 264.

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Hillsdale County at a glance

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Population
45,654
Census ACS
Median income
$64,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
5,067 students

Quick facts

School name
Jonesville Middle School
District
Jonesville Community Schools
Address
401 E CHICAGO ST, JONESVILLE, MI 49250
Phone
(517) 849-3210
County
Hillsdale County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
297
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
18.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
154 (52%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
261992001307
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Jonesville Middle schools

One other US public school is named Jonesville Middle. Jonesville Middle School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Jonesville Middle School
How many students attend Jonesville Middle School?
Jonesville Middle School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jonesville Middle School serve?
Jonesville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonesville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonesville Middle School is approximately 18.1:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jonesville Middle School?
At Jonesville Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Jonesville Middle School public or private?
Jonesville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jonesville Community Schools.
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