Jackson Memorial Middle School

Jackson Memorial Middle School is a 6-8 campus of heavily attended scale in Massillon, Ohio, run under Jackson Local, teacheing 1,313 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Jackson Memorial Middle School sits 172% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Jackson Local, which oversees 6 schools and 5,741 students, Jackson Memorial Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jackson Memorial Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Stark County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Jackson Memorial Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Jackson Memorial Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stark County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Memorial Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Stark County put median household income runs about $67,934, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Jackson Memorial Middle School is one of 101 public schools in Stark County (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students).

The closest other public school is Sauder Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jackson Memorial Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Memorial Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 82.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Memorial Middle School has shrank 7%, going from 1,418 students in 2018 to 1,313 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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