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Enrollment
419
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361563001351
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
195 MARTIN RD, JAMESTOWN, NY 14701 · (716) 483-4411 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of New York 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 New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
333 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 100 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 103 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 3% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL→JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
25.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 43.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New York 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 New York'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 THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 419 | 79.5% | 42.6% |
| PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 373 | 75.6% | 49.7% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 455 | 87.7% | 32.4% |
| LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 444 | 86.5% | 23.0% |
| SENECA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SALAMANCA | 404 | 78.5% | 32.9% |
| COHOES MIDDLE SCHOOL COHOES | 427 | 70.0% | 51.1% |
Matched among New York 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 THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #573 of 766 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #672 of 768 ▼ 101 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #729 of 768 ▼ 155 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #419 of 796 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #47 of 683 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #237 of 688 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #233 of 773 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #497 of 524 | N/A |
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 2024-25Enrollment
419
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 419 | 50.6 | 8.3:1 | 79% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 44.7 | 10.1:1 | 80% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 44.1 | 9.2:1 | 79% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 45 | 9.2:1 | 75% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 41.8 | 10.2:1 | 69% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 42 | 11.7:1 | 70% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 42 | 11.3:1 | 67% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 53 | 9.1:1 | 51% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 43 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
As a small middle school, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students in JAMESTOWN, New York. The latest federal count shows 419 students in grades 5 through 8. Against the 531-student average for middle schools in New York, enrollment here is 21% lower.
Besides THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 4,370 students.
At 59%, White students outnumber all other groups at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Chautauqua County, the White share is about 86%. The chance that two students picked at random at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
Teachers at the school number 50.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.3:1. Among middle schools in New York, the typical ratio is 10.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 79% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Chautauqua County, the average eligibility rate is 57%.
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.6% and a predicted 45.8%.
Chautauqua County census figures show that median household income is about $58,351, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. A total of 51 public schools operate in Chautauqua County, serving about 17,056 students.
CLINTON V BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Federal data show 415 students in 2020-21 and 419 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Discussions about THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,292 students
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 455 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 373 students
Other schools in JAMESTOWN
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,292 students
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 455 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 376 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Thomas Jefferson Middle. THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 16th largest of the 18.
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolFAIR LAWN, NJ · 1,100 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 954 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMadera, CA · 948 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleLouisville, KY · 943 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLEJEFFERSON CITY, MO · 927 students
Nearby schools
- CLINTON V BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 283
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 509
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,292
- PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 373
- SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 289
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 8.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.