Jackson Elementary School

Jackson Elementary School, a large primary school in Lawrenceville, Georgia, operated by Gwinnett County, serves 1,430 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Jackson Elementary School sits 136% larger than that benchmark.

Gwinnett County comprises 141 schools with combined enrollment of 182,518 students; Jackson Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Black, 17% Asian, 11% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 70% of students at Jackson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gwinnett County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jackson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

Around the school, census data for Gwinnett County shows median household income runs about $87,890, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gwinnett County's 150 public schools (combined enrollment of about 196,924 students), Jackson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Northbrook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jackson Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jackson Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 1,581 students in 2018 compared to 1,430 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 15% to 11%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Jackson Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.