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Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618000925
Jefferson Middle School
2200 CONGER AVE NW, OLYMPIA, WA 98502 · (360) 596-3200 · Thurston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
198 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 51%
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 | 153 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
68.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.2pp since 2014
Math
55.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 68 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 Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 66.6% | 54.4% |
| 2021-22 | 68.2% | 53.5% |
| 2018-19 | 83.7% | 71.9% |
| 2017-18 | 80.8% | 70.5% |
| 2016-17 | 83.7% | 71.8% |
| 2015-16 | 79.7% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.3% | 69.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Middle School this school | 462 | 42.9% | 61.3% |
| Edgemont Jr High Edgewood | 590 | 43.9% | 44.0% |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School OLYMPIA | 469 | 39.9% | 46.4% |
| Meeker Middle School Tacoma | 567 | 43.6% | 43.2% |
| Drum Intermediate UNIVERSITY PLA | 639 | 43.0% | 60.9% |
| Kalles Junior High Puyallup | 762 | 40.2% | 51.7% |
Matched among Washington 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 Jefferson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #44 of 294 | #2 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #57 of 357 ▼ 3 | #3 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #47 of 357 ▲ 9 | #2 of 16 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #177 of 290 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #267 of 377 | #12 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #112 of 340 | #6 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #92 of 340 | #5 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #234 of 359 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #72 of 130 | 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
462
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 462 | 25.3 | 18.3:1 | 43% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 25.1 | 16.9:1 | 48% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 24.4 | 18.3:1 | 54% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 39% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 22.6 | 19.1:1 | 42% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 40% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 47% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 23 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 718 | 34 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (432 to 462); teachers up 12% (22.6 to 25.3).
About Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School is a middle-grades school with a street address in OLYMPIA, Washington. The school's 462 students are in grades 6 through 8.
In Olympia School District, 20 schools enroll a combined 9,386 students.
At Jefferson Middle School, the largest share of students is White, at 49%. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 13% Asian, and 5% Black. The school's White share is 23 points below the 72% share among Thurston County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Jefferson Middle School employs 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.3:1. That is close to the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 43% in 2024-25. That tracks the 43% average for public schools in Thurston County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Jefferson Middle School, the prediction is 51.5% and the result is 61.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Thurston County show that the median household income is $96,563, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Middle School is one of 86 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Jefferson Middle School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Capital High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.7%, lower than Jefferson Middle School's 61.3%.
In the federal locale system, Jefferson Middle School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (466) to 2024-25 (462).
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Jefferson Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olympia School District
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 434 students
- Julia Butler Hansen ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other schools in OLYMPIA
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Griffin SchoolElementary · 585 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Other Jefferson Middle schools
26 other US public schools in 18 states are named Jefferson Middle. Jefferson Middle School is the 20th largest of the 27.
- Jefferson MiddleArlington, VA · 1,120 students
- Jefferson MiddleSan Gabriel, CA · 1,013 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,009 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 990 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 990 students
Nearby schools
- Capital High School0.4 mi · 1,322
- Garfield Elementary School0.5 mi · 314
- Thurgood Marshall Middle School1.3 mi · 469
- Leland P Brown Elementary1.3 mi · 328
- Julia Butler Hansen Elementary1.4 mi · 412
- Reeves Middle School1.9 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jefferson Middle School serve?
Jefferson Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Middle School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Middle School.
How diverse is Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School reports a student body of 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Middle School?
Jefferson Middle School is overseen by Olympia School District in Thurston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.