Jackson Elementary

Set in Sanger, California, Jackson Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Sanger Unified. It educates 374 students across grades K through 6.

Sanger Unified runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,313 students. Jackson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Elementary reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 6% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.9%, the actual is 28.6%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fresno County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,201, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Jackson Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kings River High (Continuation), roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jackson Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 75% to 90%.

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