THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 195 MARTIN RD, in JAMESTOWN, New York, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a close-knit junior high that educates 419 students (grades 5 through 8), part of JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,370 students total), THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 10.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chautauqua County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,351 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Chautauqua County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), of which THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLINTON V BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 419). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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