P J Jacobs Junior High

P J Jacobs Junior High operates as a substantial middle school in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, overseen by Stevens Point Area Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 709 students spanning grades 7 through 9. Enrollment runs roughly 86% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within Stevens Point Area Public School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,885 students, P J Jacobs Junior High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, P J Jacobs Junior High reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Portage County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, P J Jacobs Junior High has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting P J Jacobs Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, P J Jacobs Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Portage County) logs that median household income runs about $76,070, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. P J Jacobs Junior High is one of 31 public schools in Portage County (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students).

Jefferson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around P J Jacobs Junior High. On composite proficiency, P J Jacobs Junior High comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 642 students in 2018 compared to 709 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 83% to 74%.

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