Jackson Elementary

Jackson Elementary is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Fresno, California, run under Fresno Unified, with 319 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Jackson Elementary is one of 100 schools operated by Fresno Unified, a district that enrolls 67,873 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jackson Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%). Beyond that, the school records 6% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Jackson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jackson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fresno County put the typical household earns roughly $74,201 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Jackson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rowell Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Elementary has shrank 23%, going from 414 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 1% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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