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Enrollment
496
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON LOCAL·NCES 390482303161
Jefferson Junior High School
5530 Whitmer Dr, Toledo, OH 43613 · (419) 473-8482 · Lucas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Ohio 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.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
313 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 495 | 100% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Washington Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +16.7pp since 2021
Math
67.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 17 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 74.9% |
| 2022-23 | 53.3% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.3% | 60.8% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Jefferson Junior High School
Jefferson Junior High School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Junior High School this school | 496 | 63.1% | 58.9% |
| Washington Junior High School Toledo | 504 | 59.9% | 57.8% |
| Beulah Park Middle School Grove City | 710 | 66.8% | 56.2% |
| Park Street Intermediate School Grove City | 667 | 60.7% | 62.5% |
| Boardman Glenwood Junior High Youngstown | 550 | 54.9% | 75.6% |
| Glenwood Middle School Findlay | 579 | 52.5% | 62.4% |
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 Jefferson Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #277 of 316 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #326 of 637 ▼ 121 | #8 of 11 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #390 of 637 ▲ 167 | #9 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #33 of 629 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #267 of 654 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #477 of 577 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #98 of 579 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.1% | #38 of 319 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #207 of 410 | #6 of 8 |
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
496
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 63% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 62% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 22.9 | 22.9:1 | 53% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 53% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 56% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 55% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 22% (121) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (559 to 496); teachers down 31% (36 to 25).
About Jefferson Junior High School
The public middle-grades school Jefferson Junior High School is located in Toledo, Ohio. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 496 students.
District-wide, Washington Local has 11 schools and 6,661 students.
At Jefferson Junior High School, 56% of students are White. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 11% multiracial. That is lower than the 68% White share among all Lucas County residents. The diversity index for Jefferson Junior High School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jefferson Junior High School, giving a ratio of 19.8:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 313 students, or 63%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 44% average among public schools in Lucas County.
On the allk12 Grade, Jefferson Junior High School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Ohio public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.0% for Jefferson Junior High School. The school posts 58.9%, 6.0 points below the prediction.
For Lucas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,224, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 143 public schools and about 73,839 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Jefferson Junior High School from the closest public school, Whitmer High School. The five-mile area around Jefferson Junior High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson Junior High School's average proficiency of 58.9% compares with 53.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 496, down from 538 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 15.8:1 to 19.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Local
- Whitmer High SchoolHigh · 2,113 students
- Silver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Shoreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Meadowvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
Other schools in Toledo
- Whitmer High SchoolHigh · 2,113 students
- Start High SchoolHigh · 1,105 students
- Waite High SchoolHigh · 937 students
- Bowsher High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Jesup W. Scott High SchoolHigh · 754 students
- Toledo School For The ArtsHigh · 750 students
Other Jefferson Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jefferson Junior High. Jefferson Junior High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Jefferson Jr High SchoolNaperville, IL · 832 students
- Jefferson Junior High SchoolJEFFERSON, TX · 307 students
Nearby schools
- Whitmer High School0.2 mi · 2,113
- Autism Model School0.2 mi · 96
- Washington Junior High School0.3 mi · 504
- Hiawatha Elementary School0.3 mi · 309
- Meadowvale Elementary School0.6 mi · 510
- Mcgregor Elementary School0.9 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Junior High School?
Jefferson Junior High School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 07-08.
Is Jefferson Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Junior High School is approximately 19.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jefferson Junior High School?
Jefferson Junior High School reports a student body of 56% White, 16% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Junior High School in?
Jefferson Junior High School is part of Washington Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.