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Enrollment
1,313
Middle
DISTRICT 957 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON LOCAL·NCES 390498503716
Jackson Memorial Middle School
7355 Mudbrook Rd NW, Massillon, OH 44646 · (330) 830-8034 · Stark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
318 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 43%
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 | 439 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 438 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 436 | 33% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 54% · 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
Jackson Memorial Middle School→Jackson High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Jackson Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
84.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 84.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 83.4% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 80.7% |
| 2021-22 | 75.6% | 79.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Jackson Memorial Middle School
Jackson Memorial Middle School's state test result (82.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Memorial Middle School this school | 1,313 | 24.2% | 82.2% |
| Little Miami Middle School Morrow | 1,304 | 25.0% | 74.5% |
| Brunswick Middle School Brunswick | 1,375 | 29.5% | 70.9% |
| Jacob Coy Middle School Xenia | 1,058 | 19.8% | 80.7% |
| Milford Junior High School Milford | 978 | 27.4% | 76.8% |
| Green Intermediate Elementary School Uniontown | 873 | 27.7% | 81.2% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Memorial Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Stark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #58 of 316 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #79 of 637 ▲ 7 | #3 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #115 of 637 ▲ 9 | #2 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #237 of 629 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,313 | #8 of 654 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #470 of 577 | #15 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #299 of 579 | #12 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #248 of 319 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #286 of 410 | #13 of 15 |
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
1,313
-49 (-4%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 1,116
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 1,313 | 66.7 | 19.7:1 | 24% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 1,329 | 66.7 | 19.9:1 | 23% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 1,324 | 66.9 | 19.8:1 | 17% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 1,362 | 67 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,418 | 66.4 | 21.3:1 | 16% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 1,374 | 66 | 20.8:1 | 13% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 1,428 | 75 | 19.0:1 | 18% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 1,673 | 90 | 18.6:1 | 5% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 1,116 | 55 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Memorial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,418 to 1,313); teachers unchanged (66.4 to 66.7).
About Jackson Memorial Middle School
Jackson Memorial Middle School is one of the public schools in Massillon, Ohio. It is a high-enrollment middle school. The latest federal count shows 1,313 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students, so this school is 172% bigger than average.
The district, Jackson Local, operates 6 schools serving 5,741 students.
About 84% of the student body at Jackson Memorial Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% Hispanic. The White share in Stark County as a whole is similar, at about 85%. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Jackson Memorial Middle School's 66.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.7:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 19.7:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 24%. That is 12 points below the 36% average for public schools in Stark County.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 79.7%. Jackson Memorial Middle School scores 82.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Stark County, the median household income is $67,934, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Jackson Memorial Middle School is one of 101 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Sauder Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Jackson Memorial Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Jackson Memorial Middle School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,313, a 4% decrease from 1,362 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Jackson Memorial Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Stark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
373,713
Census ACS
Median income
$67,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
101
53,798 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Local
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
- Sauder Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Lake Cable Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Amherst Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other schools in Massillon
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Massillon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
- R G Drage Career Technical CtrHigh · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Sauder Elementary School0.2 mi · 722
- Jackson High School0.6 mi · 1,881
- Lake Cable Elementary School2.0 mi · 544
- Strausser Elementary School2.2 mi · 819
- Amherst Elementary School2.6 mi · 462
- Whittier Elementary School4.1 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jackson Memorial Middle School?
Jackson Memorial Middle School enrolls approximately 1,313 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jackson Memorial Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson Memorial Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Jackson Memorial Middle School have?
Jackson Memorial Middle School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jackson Memorial Middle School?
At Jackson Memorial Middle School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Memorial Middle School?
Jackson Memorial Middle School is overseen by Jackson Local in Stark County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.