Luther Jackson Middle School

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Luther Jackson Middle School is a school in the Fairfax County Public Schools System. It is named after civil rights activist Luther Jackson. It was the first all black high school in Fairfax County. It was named Luther Jackson High School, which later changed to Luther Jackson Secondary School, which changed to the current Luther Jackson Middle School.

Contents 1 Feeder school 2 Demographics 3 Test Scores 4 Teachers 5 Floor Plan 6 Teams 6.1 7th Grade 6.2 8th Grade 6.3 ESOL

[edit] Feeder school

This school feeds into Falls Church High School with few to Oakton High School for grades 9-12.

[edit] Demographics

Luther Jackson's student body in is 33% white, 28% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 11% Black, 5% Unspecified, and less than 1% Native American.

[edit] Test Scores

Jackson is full accredited by the Virginia Department of Education. The following chart is for the 2005-2006 school year.

SOL Test	Percent Passing
Grade 7 English: Reading	84%
Grade 7 Math	50%
Grade 8 English: Reading	73%
Grade 8 Science	86%
Grade 8 English: Writing	90%
Grade 8 Math	77%

[edit] Teachers

48% of teachers have a Bachelor's degree, 51% have a Master's degree, 0% have a Doctorate degree. There are 11 students per teacher. There is a 96% attendance rate.

[edit] Floor Plan

This school consists of three main hallways, which are parallel with each other. The cafeteria and the gym both come off of one of these hallways. There are multiple connecter hallways. Each hallway has a name, from 100-900. A new wing was opened in 2006, extending the 600 and 900 hallways.

[edit] Teams

There are 9 teams at Luther Jackson

[edit] 7th Grade

• Explorers
• Investors
• Rolling Thunder
• Smooth Operators

[edit] 8th Grade

• Andromeda
• Pathfinders
• Rising Stars

[edit] ESOL

• Globetrotters