📍 1600 Roosevelt Rd, Valparaiso, Porter County, 46383
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Valparaiso, Porter County. The school has 640 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Valparaiso Community Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 56% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School enrolls 640 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 448 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 97 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 41 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 16 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 640 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 232 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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 IN-10, state senate district 5, state house district 4.
Thomas Jefferson Middle School is one of 12 schools in Valparaiso Community Schools, based in Valparaiso, Indiana. The district serves 6,325 students district-wide and employs 358 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 640 students, Thomas Jefferson Middle School is larger than the district average of about 527 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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