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Enrollment
665
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448004552
Jackson Middle School
2271 Holton Rd, Grove City, OH 43123 · (614) 801-3800 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
195 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 7 | 342 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 49% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.1pp since 2021
Math
82.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.5% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 85.3% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 89.4% |
| 2021-22 | 72.3% | 84.8% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Middle School
Jackson Middle School's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Middle School this school | 665 | 29.3% | 76.9% |
| Berry Intermediate School Lebanon | 774 | 32.8% | 73.2% |
| Claggett Middle School Medina | 724 | 34.1% | 74.0% |
| Herman K Ankeney Middle School Beavercreek | 799 | 26.5% | 73.3% |
| Olmsted Falls Middle School Olmsted Falls | 747 | 25.8% | 73.3% |
| Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School Sylvania | 607 | 31.5% | 72.5% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #112 of 316 | #9 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #96 of 637 ▼ 30 | #10 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #147 of 637 ▼ 17 | #13 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #385 of 629 | #34 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #144 of 654 | #26 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #365 of 577 | #45 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #250 of 579 | #55 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #220 of 319 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #381 of 410 | #28 of 30 |
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
665
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 647
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 665 | 37.5 | 17.7:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 34.5 | 19.8:1 | 28% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 33.8 | 20.0:1 | 18% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 32 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 37.5 | 18.1:1 | 19% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 37 | 17.9:1 | 22% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 21% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (678 to 665); teachers unchanged (37.5 to 37.5).
About Jackson Middle School
Jackson Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that serves part of Grove City, Ohio. The school has 665 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Ohio enroll about 482 students on average.
The district for Jackson Middle School is South-Western City, with 33 schools and 21,873 students.
Jackson Middle School is 80% White by enrollment. Next come 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 59% White among all Franklin County residents. The diversity index for Jackson Middle School is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.7:1. The 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is close to this figure. On the income side, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Jackson Middle School would be expected to post about 77.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.9%.
The school's county is Franklin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 402 public schools in the county, enrolling about 195,359, Jackson Middle School among them.
Buckeye Woods Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Jackson Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.2%; Jackson Middle School's is 76.9%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 673 students in 2020-21 and 665 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 21.0:1 to 17.7:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Grove City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Beulah Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Park Street Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 667 students
Other Jackson Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Jackson Middle. Jackson Middle School is the 6th largest of the 15.
- Jackson Middle SchoolJackson, OH · 525 students
- Jackson MiddleCHAMPLIN, MN · 2,037 students
- Jackson MiddleFalls Church, VA · 991 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEJACKSON, MO · 850 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolFORNEY, TX · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Buckeye Woods Elementary School0.4 mi · 742
- Grove City High School1.3 mi · 1,881
- Hayes Intermediate School1.9 mi · 464
- The Bostic Head Start Center2.0 mi · 144
- South-Western Preschool Center2.1 mi · 345
- JC Sommer Elementary School2.1 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jackson Middle School?
Jackson Middle School enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 07-08.
Is Jackson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Jackson Middle School have?
Jackson Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
How diverse is Jackson Middle School?
Jackson Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Middle School?
Jackson Middle School is overseen by South-Western City in Franklin County.
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