Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANGER UNIFIED·NCES 063525005971
Jackson Elementary
1810 Third St., Sanger, CA 93657 · (559) 524-6180 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
305 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
30.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.8pp since 2014
Math
24.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.5% | 22.3% | 24.6% | 44.5% |
| Math | 6.0% | 18.1% | 27.0% | 48.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.3% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 29.6% | 19.1% |
| 2018-19 | 34.0% | 32.4% |
| 2017-18 | 30.8% | 26.8% |
| 2016-17 | 29.8% | 20.4% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jackson Elementary
Jackson Elementary's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary this school | 374 | 81.6% | 28.3% |
| Bellevue Elementary Santa Rosa | 382 | 81.2% | 30.5% |
| Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts Whittier | 374 | 79.1% | 41.3% |
| Ruby Drive Elementary Placentia | 373 | 82.3% | 38.1% |
| Arbolita Elementary La Habra | 379 | 83.1% | 39.8% |
| Sparks Elementary La Puente | 361 | 81.4% | 27.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jackson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #3,718 of 5,151 | #133 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #3,861 of 5,172 ▲ 212 | #139 of 185 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #3,903 of 5,172 ▼ 606 | #134 of 185 ▼ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,228 of 5,116 | #115 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #4,010 of 5,915 | #159 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,652 of 5,352 | #125 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,541 of 5,354 | #156 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #2,024 of 5,625 | #118 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #2,567 of 3,837 | #87 of 135 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
374
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 21.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 374 | 16.6 | 22.6:1 | 82% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 16.6 | 23.3:1 | 82% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 16.3 | 22.3:1 | 80% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 19 | 21.4:1 | 74% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 19.3 | 21.7:1 | 84% (354) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 83% (353) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | N/A | N/A | 85% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 67% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 23 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (420 to 374); teachers down 14% (19.3 to 16.6).
About Jackson Elementary
Jackson Elementary is a small elementary school in Sanger, California, one of the schools in Sanger Unified. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 374 students.
Sanger Unified has 13,313 students in 20 schools, and Jackson Elementary is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Jackson Elementary is 90% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% White and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 55% share among Fresno County residents. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at Jackson Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Jackson Elementary, there are about 22.6 students; the school has 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 82%.
The model predicts 31.8% for a school in California with Jackson Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Jackson Elementary posts 28.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fresno County show that the median household earns about $74,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
The closest school to Jackson Elementary is Kings River High (Continuation), located about 0.5 miles away. Jackson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Jackson Elementary ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.3% against a local average of 43.9%.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 374, compared with 406 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 22.6:1.
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Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sanger Unified
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Sanger West HighHigh · 1,438 students
- John S. Wash ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in Sanger
- Sanger HighHigh · 2,426 students
- Washington Academic MiddleMiddle · 1,539 students
- Fairmont ElementaryElementary · 744 students
- Sanger Academy CharterElementary · 609 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 488 students
Other Jackson Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 20 states are named Jackson Elementary. Jackson Elementary is the 20th largest of the 42.
- Jackson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 657 students
- Jackson ElementaryEl Dorado Hills, CA · 521 students
- Jackson ElementaryJackson, CA · 479 students
- Jackson ElementaryFresno, CA · 319 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,430 students
Nearby schools
- Kings River High (Continuation)0.5 mi · 89
- Community Day0.7 mi · 34
- Sanger Academy Charter0.8 mi · 609
- Washington Academic Middle0.8 mi · 1,539
- Wilson Elementary0.8 mi · 448
- Hallmark Academy0.9 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson ElementaryHow many students attend Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Jackson Elementary serve?
Jackson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Jackson Elementary have?
Jackson Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Jackson Elementary?
Student demographics at Jackson Elementary are roughly 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Jackson Elementary in?
Jackson Elementary is part of Sanger Unified.
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