State/Public Middle Open

Jacksonville Middle School

๐Ÿ“ 664 Lincoln Ave, Jacksonville, Morgan County, 62650

718
Pupils
12.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Jacksonville Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Morgan County. The school has 718 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Celeste Lashmett. It is part of the Jacksonville SD 117 school district. It serves grades 6โ€“8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Celeste Lashmett
School district
Jacksonville SD 117

Enrollment & staffing

Jacksonville Middle School enrolls 718 students across grades 6โ€“8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.

Male students
342 (48%)
Female students
376 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
56.5
Student-teacher ratio
12.7:1
Grade span
6โ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 10% Two or more races and 9.5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White53474%
Two or more races7210%
Black or African American689.5%
Hispanic or Latino344.7%
Asian7<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

405 of the school's 718 students (56%) 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.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 6โ€“8Title I

Jacksonville Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 50, state house district 100.

School district: Jacksonville SD 117

Jacksonville Middle School is one of 11 schools in Jacksonville SD 117, based in Jacksonville, Illinois. The district serves 3,231 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 718 students, Jacksonville Middle School is larger than the district average of about 294 students per school.

3,231
District students
11
Schools
238
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

19%
Reading proficient
17%
Math proficient
19%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Town - Distant

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