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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192001127
Jackson Middle
2200 Ontario Street, Greensboro, NC 27403 · (336) 294-7350 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of North Carolina public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
455 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
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 6 | 176 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 144 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 30% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
28.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
26.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jackson Middle
Jackson Middle's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Middle this school | 458 | 99.3% | 30.3% |
| Lucas Middle Durham | 400 | 99.3% | 41.4% |
| Lowe's Grove Middle Durham | 564 | 99.5% | 24.2% |
| Northeast Middle Mint Hill | 594 | 99.5% | 39.2% |
| Centennial Campus Middle Raleigh | 477 | 99.4% | 35.5% |
| Wellcome Middle Greenville | 391 | 99.2% | 38.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Jackson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #429 of 463 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #432 of 461 | #19 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #434 of 463 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #338 of 478 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #216 of 456 | #8 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #252 of 456 | #16 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #156 of 472 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #250 of 300 | #11 of 14 |
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
458
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 458 | 28.5 | 16.1:1 | 99% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 27.7 | 15.6:1 | 99% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 99% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 99% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 33.7 | 14.3:1 | 97% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 99% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 94% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 58 | 11.7:1 | 63% (427) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (481 to 458); teachers down 16% (33.7 to 28.5).
About Jackson Middle
Jackson Middle serves students in Greensboro, North Carolina, as a small middle school. The school reports 458 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students.
Guilford County Schools is the local district for Jackson Middle. It runs 123 schools with 68,535 students.
Enrollment at Jackson Middle is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 46%. It is also 42% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% White. For comparison, the population of Guilford County is roughly 34% Black. Jackson Middle has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Jackson Middle employs 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.1:1. Middle schools in North Carolina have a similar average ratio of 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 99% in 2024-25. That rate is above the 89% average among public schools in Guilford County.
allk12 grades Jackson Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Jackson Middle is a bottom-10% school in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.3% against a predicted 48.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Guilford County show that median household income is about $68,642, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Jackson Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County, which together enroll about 79,539 students.
Murphey Traditional Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Jackson Middle ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 458, close to the 449 recorded in 2020-21.
Community posts for Jackson Middle can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Greensboro
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Triad Math and Science AcademyCombined · 1,374 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other Jackson Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Jackson Middle. Jackson Middle is the 12th largest of the 15.
- Jackson MiddleCHAMPLIN, MN · 2,037 students
- Jackson MiddleFalls Church, VA · 991 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEJACKSON, MO · 850 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolFORNEY, TX · 807 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolPortland, OR · 715 students
Nearby schools
- Murphey Traditional Academy0.1 mi · 328
- Clara J Peck Elementary0.6 mi · 638
- Archer Elementary1.2 mi · 389
- Julius I Foust Elementary1.2 mi · 661
- Guilford eLearning University Prep1.3 mi · 284
- Academy at Smith1.4 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson MiddleHow large is Jackson Middle?
Jackson Middle enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jackson Middle serve?
Jackson Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Middle is approximately 16.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jackson Middle?
Student demographics at Jackson Middle are roughly 4% White, 42% Hispanic, 46% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Middle?
Jackson Middle is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.