Jackson Middle, Champlin MN - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Jackson Middle

Jackson Middle School is a large regular public school in Champlin, Minnesota, serving grades six through eight as part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District. It sits in a northern suburb of Minneapolis, a largely residential community with strip commercial corridors along the main highways. The school shares a neighborhood with Champlin Park High School and a nearby elementary, on separated campuses in a car-oriented setting with no traditional downtown. Champlin itself has seen some population decline in recent years and has discussed secession from Hennepin County, though nothing has been approved.

The student body is notably diverse. White students make up roughly two-fifths of enrollment, with the remainder split among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Just under two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that places it around the middle for a Minnesota suburban school. The school is large, with several hundred students per grade, and operates as a regular public school without charter or magnet status. No data on special education or English learner populations were available.

On state assessments, Jackson Middle shows a mixed academic picture with some clear strengths. In mathematics, across all three grades, just over half of students scored proficient. In English language arts, the share was slightly higher, around half to just over half depending on grade. The school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile among districts in Hennepin County, a strong relative position. That comparison includes both wealthier and less affluent districts, so the ranking is notable.

The most notable soft spot is in eighth-grade science, where a substantially lower share of students met proficiency. State testing changes that year, including a new assessment and cut scores, complicate direct comparison, but the result itself is a clear area where a parent may want to follow up with the school about science instruction and support. Only one year of assessment data is available across all subjects, so there is no trend to observe.

Because Jackson Middle serves only middle grades, it has no graduation rate. No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing were reported. The school’s website was not available in the provided information, so a parent seeking details about specific programs or policies would need to contact the school directly. No program offerings, such as advanced courses, electives, or extracurriculars, were included in the data.

Housing values in Champlin’s ZIP code are broadly in line with the Minnesota state benchmark, and rents are moderate relative to incomes. The area is a typical suburban commuter market, with easy highway access to Minneapolis. The Anoka-Hennepin School District is one of the state’s largest, and no recent district-level changes—referenda, budget shifts, or curriculum updates—were found in publicly available sources. That does not mean none occurred, only that no documented changes surfaced in a targeted search.

For a family considering Jackson Middle, the school offers a large, diverse environment in a stable suburban community. Academic performance in math and reading is above the county median, and the science result is a specific point to investigate. The size of the school means more course sections and potentially more options, though no evidence of specific elective or advanced programming is available. The student body is economically mixed and racially diverse, which many families value. The lack of trend data and the absence of program details mean that a visit or a call to the school would be worthwhile.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 47% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 49% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 854%

School 54% · District 49% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 57% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 751%

School 51% · District 52% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 49% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 20% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolAnoka-Hennepin School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income71%32 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income62%28 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income63%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income60%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income66%35 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income66%30 pp gap