Christa McAuliffe Middle School

Christa McAuliffe Middle School is an average-sized middle school in Jackson, New Jersey, one of the schools within Jackson Township School District. The school serves 665 students in grades 6 through 8.

Jackson Township School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,627 students; Christa McAuliffe Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Christa McAuliffe Middle School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Christa McAuliffe Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ocean County shows median household earnings sit near $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Christa McAuliffe Middle School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Jackson Liberty High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Christa McAuliffe Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christa McAuliffe Middle School has ticked down 27%, going from 908 students in 2018 to 665 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 70% to 43%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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