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Jefferson Middle

Public 6-8

 823 Acacia St.
       Oceanside, CA  92058-2305

(760) 966-4700

District: Oceanside Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2337th of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,449 Help

Students who attend Jefferson Middle usually attend:

High:    Oceanside High

Feeder schools for Jefferson Middle:

Elementary:    Mission Elementary
    San Luis Rey Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2
Number of students:  475

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.7%
White:
5.5%
Two or more races:
4.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  96%

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Compare Details Jefferson Middle ranks worse than 85.3% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked middle schools in the Oceanside Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.35. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Jefferson Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Oceanside Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.7%), White (5.5%), two or more races (4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 96% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Oceanside Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jefferson Middle is 18.2, which is the lowest among 4 middle schools in the Oceanside Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jefferson Middle is $13,449, which is the highest among 4 middle schools in the Oceanside Unified School District!
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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Jefferson Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Middle 2337th of 2740 California public middle schools. (See Jefferson Middle in the ranking list.)

Oceanside Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Oceanside Unified 776th of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Jefferson Middle

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Rank History for all students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 31.12 1175th 1769 33.6%
2005 37.17 1059th 1777 40.4%
2006 38.33 1059th 1804 41.3%
2007 36.43 1208th 1999 39.6%
2008 38.86 1194th 2005 40.4%
2009 45.11 1081st 2063 47.6%
2010 39.45 1322nd 2179 39.3%
2011 35.92 1477th 2236 33.9%
2012 32.78 1562nd 2259 30.9%
2013 19.90 2014th 2379 15.3%
2015 18.40 2068th 2477 16.5%
2016 25.45 1816th 2497 27.3%
2017 16.43 2166th 2508 13.6%
2018 18.97 2050th 2480 17.3%
2019 21.61 2110th 2715 22.3%
2022 17.35 2337th 2740 14.7%

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.70 1018th 1364 25.4%
2019 34.21 904th 1442 37.3%
2022 24.80 1472nd 1540 4.4%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.77 1729th 2230 22.5%
2019 27.28 1796th 2369 24.2%
2022 24.10 1937th 2458 21.2%

Rank History for Female students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.94 2005th 2262 11.4%
2019 18.35 2005th 2380 15.8%
2022 23.47 1906th 2509 24.0%

Rank History for Disabled students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.33 1323rd 1369 3.4%
2019 33.94 898th 1491 39.8%
2022 21.57 1406th 1531 8.2%

Rank History for Male students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.85 1727th 2273 24.0%
2019 23.97 1840th 2407 23.6%
2022 14.19 2330th 2527 7.8%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Jefferson Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.00 1706th 2072 17.7%
2019 23.37 1774th 2213 19.8%
2022 19.97 2008th 2359 14.9%

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Jefferson Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 336 168 63 305 22 n/a n/a 0 894
1989 352 179 93 331 14 n/a n/a 0 969
1990 360 156 91 375 0 n/a n/a 0 982
1991 357 141 110 410 3 n/a n/a 0 1021
1992 358 170 93 449 4 n/a n/a 0 1074
1993 352 169 97 472 1 n/a n/a 0 1091
1994 370 168 109 480 7 n/a n/a 0 1134
1995 320 190 94 411 14 n/a n/a 0 1029
1996 320 190 94 411 14 n/a n/a 0 1029
1997 301 219 112 415 14 n/a n/a 0 1061
1998 326 221 110 424 8 n/a n/a 0 1089
1999 322 213 102 435 13 n/a n/a 0 1085
2000 304 227 100 454 12 n/a n/a 0 1097
2001 384 270 118 621 10 n/a n/a 0 1403
2002 357 189 107 707 13 n/a n/a 0 1373
2003 357 189 107 707 13 n/a n/a 0 1373
2004 344 170 98 795 14 n/a n/a 0 1421
2005 305 168 91 796 15 n/a n/a 13 1388
2006 275 163 98 786 11 n/a n/a 17 1350
2007 265 136 98 714 9 n/a n/a 14 1236
2008 291 144 97 728 9 n/a n/a 0 1269
2009 259 152 67 740 7 31 13 0 1269
2010 216 110 41 747 5 17 40 0 1176
2011 232 111 42 708 13 20 8 0 1134
2012 203 107 42 651 8 17 18 0 1046
2013 137 80 35 560 4 24 15 0 855
2014 70 50 25 522 2 19 12 0 700
2015 49 25 15 479 2 8 14 0 592
2016 54 20 20 536 1 8 11 0 650
2017 39 19 21 554 0 4 11 0 648
2018 29 16 25 520 0 8 13 0 611
2019 25 14 21 463 2 7 9 0 541
2020 25 19 18 445 2 12 19 0 540
2021 29 18 11 403 0 6 18 0 485
2022 26 8 7 412 0 3 19 0 475

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity
For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Jefferson Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 894 37.3 23.9 n/a
1989 969 37.9 25.5 n/a
1990 982 45.9 21.3 n/a
1991 1021 43.0 23.7 n/a
1992 1074 43.7 24.5 55.2
1993 1091 45.0 24.2 83
1994 1134 47.0 24.1 56.3
1995 1029 46.5 22.1 62.3
1996 1029 46.5 22.1 62.3
1997 1061 48.6 21.8 60.6
1998 1089 47.9 22.7 56.4
1999 1085 48.5 22.4 52
2000 1097 49.5 22.2 51.8
2001 1403 61.9 22.7 46.3
2002 1373 62.1 22.1 52.7
2003 1373 62.1 22.1 52.7
2004 1421 57.3 24.8 63.3
2005 1388 62.0 22.4 70.5
2006 1350 63.8 21.2 49.9
2007 1236 53.9 22.9 68.6
2008 1269 59.5 21.3 62
2009 1269 52.0 20.9 62.2
2010 1176 54.1 21.7 71.6
2011 1134 n/a n/a 73.2
2012 1046 47.2 22.1 n/a
2013 855 36.4 23.4 77.9
2014 700 27.5 25.3 85.6
2015 592 26.0 22.7 91.4
2016 650 31.0 20.9 87.7
2017 648 27.3 23.7 91.2
2018 611 30.0 20.3 90.2
2019 541 24.7 21.8 79.3
2020 540 n/a n/a 95.4
2021 485 26.5 18.3 85.4
2022 475 26.0 18.2 96

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch
For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Jefferson Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 894 37.3 23.9 n/a
1989 969 37.9 25.5 n/a
1990 982 45.9 21.3 n/a
1991 1021 43.0 23.7 n/a
1992 1074 43.7 24.5 55.2
1993 1091 45.0 24.2 83
1994 1134 47.0 24.1 56.3
1995 1029 46.5 22.1 62.3
1996 1029 46.5 22.1 62.3
1997 1061 48.6 21.8 60.6
1998 1089 47.9 22.7 56.4
1999 1085 48.5 22.4 52
2000 1097 49.5 22.2 51.8
2001 1403 61.9 22.7 46.3
2002 1373 62.1 22.1 52.7
2003 1373 62.1 22.1 52.7
2004 1421 57.3 24.8 63.3
2005 1388 62.0 22.4 70.5
2006 1350 63.8 21.2 49.9
2007 1236 53.9 22.9 68.6
2008 1269 59.5 21.3 62
2009 1269 52.0 20.9 62.2
2010 1176 54.1 21.7 71.6
2011 1134 n/a n/a 73.2
2012 1046 47.2 22.1 n/a
2013 855 36.4 23.4 77.9
2014 700 27.5 25.3 85.6
2015 592 26.0 22.7 91.4
2016 650 31.0 20.9 87.7
2017 648 27.3 23.7 91.2
2018 611 30.0 20.3 90.2
2019 541 24.7 21.8 79.3
2020 540 n/a n/a 95.4
2021 485 26.5 18.3 85.4
2022 475 26.0 18.2 96

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio
Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Jefferson Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $13,449

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Jefferson Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
Ranks 2110th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2337th of 2740 Middle schools
 7.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Pandemic (2021-2022)		 Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Middle)20.921.2
 0.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oceanside Unified)41.736.6
 5.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.545.1
 3.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Middle)12.710.5
 2.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Oceanside Unified)29.423.4
 6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.532.5
 6%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Middle)29.326.1
 3.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oceanside Unified)47.144
 3.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.449.2
 2.2%
7th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Middle)23.36.8
 16.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Oceanside Unified)36.223.9
 12.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.932
 5.8%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Jefferson Middle)36.226.2
 10%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Oceanside Unified)48.645.8
 2.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.446.6
 2.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson Middle)19.616.3
 3.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Oceanside Unified)40.330.2
 10.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.2
 7.4%
8th Grade Science (Jefferson Middle)19.513.3
 6.2%
   8th Grade Science (Oceanside Unified)28.626.9
 1.7%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.829.2
 1.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Pandemic (2020-2021)		 Change (%)
Total Students541485
 10.4%
African American1418
 28.6%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian2111
 47.6%
Hispanic463403
 13%
Pacific Islander76
 14.3%
White2529
 16%
Two or More Races918
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients79.3%85.4%
 6.1%



Frequently Asked Questions about Jefferson Middle

Students at Jefferson Middle are 87% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

Jefferson Middle ranks in the bottom 14.7% of California middle schools.

In the 2021-22 school year, 475 students attended Jefferson Middle.

Students who attend Jefferson Middle usually go on to attend Oceanside High


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