Jackson Street Elementary

Jackson Street Elementary is an intimate intermediate school in Yreka, California, part of Yreka Union Elementary. The school educates 438 students in grades 4 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Jackson Street Elementary sits 34% below that benchmark.

Jackson Street Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Yreka Union Elementary, a district that teaches 869 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson Street Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 7% Native American, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jackson Street Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Siskiyou County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jackson Street Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 23.0%, a residual of -13.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Siskiyou County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,095 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Jackson Street Elementary is one of 52 public schools in Siskiyou County (combined enrollment of about 6,059 students).

The closest other public school is Siskiyou County Special Education, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Jackson Street Elementary's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 438). White enrollment moved from 58% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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