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Enrollment
715
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004001365
Jackson Middle School
10625 SW 35th, Portland, OR 97219 · (503) 916-5680 · Multnomah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Oregon public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
442 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
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 | 240 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 253 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
OR avg 31.8% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 57.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 (58.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Middle School this school | 715 | 61.8% | 58.7% |
| Rowe Middle School Milwaukie | 747 | 58.8% | 23.4% |
| Cal Young Middle School Eugene | 475 | 66.9% | 34.7% |
| Linus Pauling Middle School Corvallis | 712 | 57.9% | 44.0% |
| Cheldelin Middle School Corvallis | 488 | 57.6% | 51.1% |
| Twality Middle School Tigard | 1,006 | 57.8% | 36.6% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Oregon | In Multnomah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #7 of 190 | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #13 of 200 ▼ 6 | #5 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #10 of 201 ▲ 1 | #4 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #37 of 208 | #5 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #117 of 180 | #20 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #89 of 180 | #24 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #139 of 194 | #17 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #17 of 38 | N/A |
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
715
-88 (-11%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 715 | 37 | 19.3:1 | 62% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 36.2 | 19.6:1 | 29% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 791 | 35.6 | 22.3:1 | 26% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 803 | 37 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 26% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 28 | 20.9:1 | 26% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 8% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (659 to 715); teachers up 16% (32 to 37).
About Jackson Middle School
Among the schools in Portland, Oregon, is Jackson Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 715 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 45% more students than the average for middle schools in Oregon (about 494).
Portland SD 1J has a total of 86 schools and 41,894 students, Jackson Middle School among them.
The share of White students at Jackson Middle School is 66%, a majority. Other students are 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 7% Black. Census estimates put Multnomah County at about 68% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Staffing at Jackson Middle School comes to 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.3:1. It is about the same as the 19.3:1 average for middle schools in Oregon. On the income side, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points below the 75% average for public schools in Multnomah County.
Jackson Middle School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Oregon public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations places Jackson Middle School in the top 10% of Oregon schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.1 points above it (58.7% actual, 38.6% predicted).
Multnomah County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $88,766 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Jackson Middle School shares Multnomah County with 168 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Markham Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Jackson Middle School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Jackson Middle School's location as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 803 to 715. By 2024-25, the school had 19.3 students per teacher, compared with 21.7 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Jackson Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Other Jackson Middle schools
14 other US public schools in 13 states are named Jackson Middle. Jackson Middle School is the 5th largest of the 15.
- Jackson MiddleCHAMPLIN, MN · 2,037 students
- Jackson MiddleFalls Church, VA · 991 students
- JACKSON MIDDLEJACKSON, MO · 850 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolFORNEY, TX · 807 students
- Jackson Middle SchoolGrove City, OH · 665 students
Nearby schools
- Markham Elementary School0.5 mi · 341
- Stephenson Elementary School0.7 mi · 285
- Capitol Hill Elementary School1.4 mi · 323
- Riverdale High School1.5 mi · 159
- Lake Oswego High School1.6 mi · 1,282
- Oak Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jackson Middle School?
Jackson Middle School enrolls approximately 715 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jackson Middle School serve?
Jackson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Jackson Middle School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Jackson Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Jackson Middle School?
Student demographics at Jackson Middle School are roughly 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Jackson Middle School in?
Jackson Middle School is part of Portland SD 1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.