Jefferson Intermediate
Pella, IA · Middle School · Grades 4-6
Jefferson Intermediate is a middle school in Pella, IA with 526 students enrolled and a 68% proficiency rate. Part of Pella Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Jefferson Intermediate is a middle school located in Pella, Iowa. The school serves 526 students in grades 4-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 68% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Jefferson Intermediate is part of the Pella Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Jefferson Intermediate has 526 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Pella Comm School District (498 students). Its 68% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 15 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Jefferson Intermediate has 526 students enrolled in grades 4-6. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 68% of students at Jefferson Intermediate meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Jefferson Intermediate is part of the Pella Comm School District in Pella, Iowa. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.