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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Jefferson Middle School, Springfield, IL

CEP schoolJefferson Middle School is a public middle school in Springfield, part of Springfield SD 186. It enrolled 517 students in 2024-25, with 12.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
517
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
12.0
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 13.0. The Illinois average across schools is 13.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.0
District13.0
Illinois13.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
3001 S Allis St, Springfield, IL 62703
Phone
(217)585-5810
District
Springfield SD 186
County
Sangamon County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
173708004431
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free or reduced-price lunch
41780.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Springfield SD 186

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.