Jackson Elementary School

Jackson Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary-level communitys in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, with 312 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, which oversees 60 schools and 22,293 students, Jackson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Jackson Elementary School reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 38% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jackson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.4%.

Across the wider county, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Jackson Elementary School is one.

Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 411 students in 2018 compared to 312 in 2025.

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