Jefferson Middle

Jefferson Middle, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Arlington, Virginia, part of Arlington County Public Schools, enrolls 1,120 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 750 students each, so Jefferson Middle sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Arlington County Public Schools, which oversees 36 schools and 27,950 students, Jefferson Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Jefferson Middle reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Jefferson Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Arlington County's rate of about 31%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jefferson Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Arlington County put the typical household earns roughly $142,114 per year, about 77% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Arlington County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,950 students), Jefferson Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alice West Fleet Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Middle comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.

Jefferson Middle operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Jefferson Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 1,120). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 33% to 40%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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