Summary:
Zip code 44047 covers Jefferson in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and contains just one middle-level school: Jefferson Area Junior High School, which serves grades 7–8 with 285 students and belongs to the Jefferson Area Local district. Because there is only one middle school here, there is no in‑zip comparison to make; the useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and the school's own prior year.
Academically, the profile is language strong and math weak, with math improving quickly. In 2025‑26, 7th‑grade English Language Arts scored 71.3% proficient — 8.6 points above the state — and 8th‑grade ELA was 3.6 points above. Math trailed the state at both grade levels (42.7% in 7th, 47.3% in 8th), but both rose from the prior year, and the state gap narrowed from −11.5 to −5.9 in 7th grade and from −8.7 to −4.7 in 8th. Eighth‑grade science jumped to 67.3%, 6.1 points above the state, after being 5.6 points below the year before. Algebra I reached 100% proficiency for a second straight year, far above the district's 72.9% and the state's 61.6%, though it is taken by a small subset of students, so that number can shift easily. The school's results sit within about half a point of the district's in every tested subject, which fits with it being the district's only building for these grades.
The school earned 3 stars in each of the last three years and ranked 463 of 1046 schools (56th percentile) in 2025‑26, up from 515 of 1036. Chronic absenteeism is 22.0%, slightly above the district's 21.2%, and more than half of students (55.79%) qualify for free or reduced lunch. The student‑teacher ratio is 26:1, implying roughly 11 teachers for 285 students. Per‑pupil spending of $5,216 is from 2018‑19, so it is historical context only. Overall: a roughly average Ohio middle school with above‑state reading and Algebra I results, a math gap that is closing, and absenteeism worth watching.
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