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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 743 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER ARLINGTON CITY·NCES 390449301864
Jones Middle School
2100 Arlington Ave, Upper Arlington, OH 43221 · (614) 487-5080 · Franklin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
50 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 242 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 260 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 231 | 32% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Jones Middle School→Upper Arlington High School
Based on grade levels within Upper Arlington City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
82.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
82.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.5% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 81.7% | 88.7% |
| 2022-23 | 85.1% | 88.8% |
| 2021-22 | 81.4% | 85.7% |
% 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
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
86.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Jones Middle School
Jones Middle School's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Middle School this school | 733 | 6.8% | 84.0% |
| Hastings Middle School Upper Arlington | 753 | 7.3% | 83.7% |
| Highland Middle School Medina | 824 | 9.6% | 86.8% |
| Granville Intermediate School Granville | 580 | 8.4% | 89.1% |
| Bay Middle School Bay Village | 738 | 11.4% | 90.1% |
| Hudson Middle School Hudson | 1,027 | 9.2% | 90.5% |
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 Jones Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #47 of 316 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #93 of 637 ▼ 60 | #9 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #70 of 637 ▼ 4 | #7 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #151 of 629 | #18 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #107 of 654 | #18 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #72 of 577 | #6 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #324 of 579 | #57 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #314 of 319 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #165 of 169 | #26 of 26 |
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
733
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 733 | 54.7 | 13.4:1 | 7% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 750 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 6% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 52.1 | 13.9:1 | 3% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 50 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 59.6 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 56 | 12.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 51 | 12.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 53 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 40 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (730 to 733); teachers down 8% (59.6 to 54.7).
About Jones Middle School
Jones Middle School is a large middle school serving families in Upper Arlington, Ohio. The school counts 733 students across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 52% larger than the 482 average for middle schools in Ohio.
Upper Arlington City enrolls 6,669 students, and its 10 schools include Jones Middle School.
Most students at Jones Middle School are White: 85% of enrollment. The remaining students are 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Census figures show Franklin County is about 59% White. By the diversity index, Jones Middle School comes in at 27%.
A ratio of 13.4:1 comes from the school's 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 7% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
Jones Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (84.0%) and its predicted rate (86.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: median household income is about $75,176, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 402 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 195,359.
The closest public school, Upper Arlington Online Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile from Jones Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Jones Middle School places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 741 to 733, a small change. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 13.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Upper Arlington City
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Barrington Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other schools in Upper Arlington
- Upper Arlington High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Barrington Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Tremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Greensview Elementary SchoolElementary · 483 students
Other Jones Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Jones Middle. Jones Middle School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Jones Middle SchoolBuford, GA · 1,758 students
- Jones Middle SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 1,235 students
- Jones Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 1,035 students
- Jones Middle SchoolJones, OK · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Upper Arlington Online Academy0.1 mi · 47
- Barrington Road Elementary School0.2 mi · 800
- Tremont Elementary School1.1 mi · 694
- Grandview Heights High School1.2 mi · 338
- Upper Arlington High School1.3 mi · 1,908
- Larson Middle School1.3 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jones Middle School?
Jones Middle School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jones Middle School serve?
Jones Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Jones Middle School have?
Jones Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Jones Middle School?
Jones Middle School reports a student body of 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jones Middle School in?
Jones Middle School is part of Upper Arlington City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.