Enrollment
178
Middle
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON SD 14J·NCES 410671001294
Jefferson Middle School
2180 Talbot Rd SE, Jefferson, OR 97352 · (541) 327-3337 · Marion County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
41.2:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 36.1:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
134 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jefferson Middle School→Jefferson High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Jefferson SD 14J. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
26.4%
OR avg 43.0% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
OR avg 31.8% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 12.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Jefferson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #174 of 190 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #192 of 200 | #16 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #176 of 201 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #186 of 208 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #59 of 141 | #9 of 16 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
178
-31 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
41.2:1
was 16.6:1
% White
63%
was 73%
% Hispanic
30%
was 20%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 178 | 4.3 | 41.2:1 | 75% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 9.4 | 19.3:1 | 65% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 191 | 12.1 | 15.8:1 | 65% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 12.6 | 16.6:1 | 59% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Middle School.
About Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School is a very small middle school with an address in Jefferson, Oregon. It teaches 178 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 64% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Oregon (about 494).
Jefferson SD 14J operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 695 students.
About 63% of the student body at Jefferson Middle School is White. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Marion County residents are about 66% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
The school has 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 41.2 students per teacher. Middle schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 19.3:1. The school reported 75% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 83% average for public schools in Marion County.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Jefferson Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Oregon. Predicted: 33.4%. Actual: 17.4%.
In Marion County, home to about 349,244 people, the median household earns about $77,351 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Jefferson Middle School shares Marion County with 110 other public schools.
Jefferson Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Jefferson High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 17.4% is below the 34.7% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Jefferson Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 7 years from 2017-18 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 15%. By 2024-25, 63% of students were White, compared with 73% in 2017-18. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.6:1 in 2017-18, and 41.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson SD 14J
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 245 students
Other schools in Jefferson
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 245 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson High School0.1 mi · 245
- Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 272
- Meadow Ridge Elementary5.8 mi · 510
- Timber Ridge School6.0 mi · 657
- Cloverdale Elementary School6.2 mi · 208
- Waverly Elementary School7.1 mi · 204
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School enrolls approximately 178 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jefferson Middle School serve?
Jefferson Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Jefferson Middle School have?
Jefferson Middle School employs 4 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 41.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Middle School?
Student demographics at Jefferson Middle School are roughly 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Jefferson Middle School in?
Jefferson Middle School is part of Jefferson SD 14J.
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