The J.N. Fries Vex Robotics team won the state championship and they moved on to the national competition in Louisville, KY in April 2017. Each grade level is broken down into jurisdictions called Teams, with a set of core teachers to rotate between. Each team can choose a school-appropriate name to represent them at the school. Team pride is often apparent and encouraged. J.N. Fries Middle School is an ethnically diverse school. The following listed are examples of some ethnicities represented in the school, and the affect they on the school's general population. There is a sizable Indian population at J.N. Fries Middle School. Though they are almost always hardworking and A-earning students, they find ways to obtain the spotlight of the school. The Indian population continues to fascinate (and sometimes horrify) those not of Indian descent, with their songs, food, and religion. These Indians are referred to as "ABCD's" (or American Born Confused Desi). Most of these alien-like creatures were born in the United States and thus have mixed Indo-American personas and attributes, sometimes to the point where they are not recognized as having Indian ancestry.