JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL

Located at 2701 TECHNOLOGY CIR, in MARIANNA, Florida, JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is a minimally staffed all-grades campus that hosts 22 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within JACKSON. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 94% below typical.

JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is one of 18 schools operated by JACKSON, a district that works with 5,839 students overall.

In terms of who attends, JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that median household earnings sit near $49,149, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Jackson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,839 students), JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. JACKSON ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 81% since 2018, when it stood at 115 (now 22). Black enrollment moved from 48% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 3.1:1 in 2025.

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