East Jackson Elementary School

East Jackson Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Commerce, Georgia, operated by Jackson County, with 634 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Jackson County runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 11,160 students. East Jackson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Jackson Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at East Jackson Elementary 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 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, East Jackson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.0%.

In the surrounding community, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,544, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. East Jackson Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students).

The closest other public school is East Jackson Comprehensive High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Jackson Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Jackson Elementary School has shrank 9%, going from 699 students in 2018 to 634 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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