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Thomas Jefferson Middle School
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2022-23 . % Met or Exceeded Standard7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack middle school in VANCOUVER, Washington, overseen by Vancouver School District, serves 786 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 577.
Vancouver School District comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,783 students; Thomas Jefferson Middle School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Thomas Jefferson Middle School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.9:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Clark County's rate of about 43%.
Across the wider county, census data for Clark County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,536 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clark County's 151 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,406 students), Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Felida Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School operates from a residential location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Middle School has decreased 7%, going from 847 students in 2018 to 786 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 73% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for Thomas Jefferson Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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