📍 823 Acacia St., Oceanside, San Diego County, 92058
Jefferson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Oceanside, San Diego County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jolene Burdick. It is part of the Oceanside Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
Jefferson Middle enrolls 466 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% White and 4.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 404 | 87% |
| White | 24 | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.3% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
439 of the school's 466 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Jefferson Middle is one of 24 schools in Oceanside Unified, based in Oceanside, California. The district serves 14,890 students district-wide and employs 677 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 466 students, Jefferson Middle is smaller than the district average of about 620 students per school.