Jonesville Middle School

As a cozy middle school in JONESVILLE, Michigan, Jonesville Middle School enrolls 297 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Jonesville Community Schools. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Jonesville Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,180 students; Jonesville Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jonesville Middle School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jonesville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 36.6%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hillsdale County) records that the typical household earns roughly $64,242 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jonesville Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Hillsdale County (combined enrollment of about 5,067 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jonesville Pathways, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jonesville Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.6%.

Jonesville Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Jonesville Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.