The top reported proficiency rate is 42% in Social studies. The lowest is 31% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Jefferson Middle School
Jefferson Middle School sits on North Stony Creek Road in Monroe, Michigan, serving grades five through eight as part of the Jefferson Schools (Monroe) district. It is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. The enrollment is moderate for a middle school, with each grade cohort roughly similar in size. Just over half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix of families the school serves. The student population is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Data on special education enrollment and English learners was not available, so those dimensions of the school's student support picture remain unclear from what we have.
Monroe itself is the county seat of Monroe County and sits roughly midway between Toledo and Detroit along I-75. The city is a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses, with the River Raisin winding through the historic downtown core. Major employers include La-Z-Boy, whose world headquarters relocated to a new facility in the city, DTE Energy's Monroe Power Plant, Gerdau Macsteel, ProMedica Regional Hospital, and the Port of Monroe, Michigan's only port on Lake Erie. The River Raisin National Battlefield Park and Sterling State Park on Lake Erie are nearby civic and recreational anchors. Monroe County Community College sits just west of the city. The housing market in the school's zip code is more affordable than the state overall and well below national figures, with home values reflecting a modest cost of living. Price-to-income ratios sit below three, which is relatively attainable for the area, though current mortgage rates remain elevated.
On state assessments, the school's results paint a mixed picture. Math proficiency across sixth, seventh, and eighth grades is modest, with roughly a third or fewer students scoring proficient in each grade. English language arts follows a similar pattern in the younger middle grades, with sixth-grade proficiency just above thirty percent and seventh grade dipping lower. The standout result is eighth-grade ELA on the PSAT, where a clear majority of students reached proficiency. That is a strong result for the grade band and suggests the school's literacy instruction may gain traction as students prepare for high school. Science and social studies proficiency for eighth graders lands in the upper-middle range, with roughly four in ten students proficient. A parent considering this school may want to look into the dip in seventh-grade ELA and the consistency of math results across grades to understand how the school supports students through that transition year.
Measured against other districts in Monroe County, Jefferson Middle School's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint. The comparison set used here is the county's districts, and the school's results place it in the lower portion of that group. This is worth noting for families comparing options within the county, though it does not by itself capture program quality, teacher engagement, or the school's climate.
Because this is a middle school serving grades five through eight, there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than a gap in performance. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. We looked for the district's strategic priorities or recent changes such as bond initiatives or curriculum updates but found little, so we left it out rather than guess. Information on course offerings, staffing levels, discipline, and attendance was not provided in the data we received, so those aspects of the school environment cannot be characterized here.
For a family weighing Jefferson Middle School, the academic results suggest a school where literacy outcomes in the upper grades are a relative strength, math and earlier-grade ELA are softer, and the community context is an affordable small-city setting with a diversified employment base and good interstate access to both Toledo and Detroit.
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