Jackson Elementary School

Jackson Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Atlanta Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 49,945 students, Jackson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jackson Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Jackson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Jackson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 74.5%, a residual of +6.7 points.

In the area at large, Fulton County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Jackson Elementary School is one of 205 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students).

North Atlanta High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jackson Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Jackson Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 32% since 2018, when it stood at 742 (now 502). The White share of enrollment shrank from 68% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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