Jefferson Middle School

Jefferson Middle School operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Jefferson, Oregon, overseen by Jefferson SD 14J. Current enrollment sits at 178 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Oregon's public schools average about 494 students each, so Jefferson Middle School sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Jefferson SD 14J (695 students total), Jefferson Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jefferson Middle School has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 41.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.3:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Marion County (around 83%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.4%; Jefferson Middle School posts 17.4%, -15.9 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household income runs about $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Marion County runs 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), of which Jefferson Middle School is one.

Jefferson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Jefferson Middle School. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 209 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 73% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 41.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Jefferson Middle School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.