Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252001098
Jackson Road Elementary School
1233 Jackson Rd, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 229-3717 · Spalding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
320 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
33.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.3% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 15.9% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 18.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jackson Road Elementary School
Jackson Road Elementary School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Road Elementary School this school | 344 | 93.0% | 33.7% |
| Chattahoochee County Education Center Cusseta | 285 | 94.7% | 42.6% |
| North Brooks Elementary School Morven | 354 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| McBean Elementary School Hephzibah | 384 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary Broxton | 304 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| Ruskin Elementary School Waycross | 363 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jackson Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Spalding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #705 of 1,208 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #789 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #812 of 1,215 no change | #3 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #170 of 1,183 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,190 of 1,324 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #254 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #363 of 1,301 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #545 of 1,312 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #305 of 854 | #4 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
344
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 344 | 28.9 | 11.9:1 | 93% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 27.2 | 13.2:1 | 99% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 26.8 | 13.5:1 | 98% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 74% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 26.7 | 15.5:1 | 89% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 78% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 70% (334) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 52% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (415 to 344); teachers up 8% (26.7 to 28.9).
About Jackson Road Elementary School
Located in Griffin, Georgia, Jackson Road Elementary School is a small elementary school. It enrolled 344 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Jackson Road Elementary School falls under Griffin-Spalding County, which has 18 schools enrolling 9,350 students.
By race and ethnicity, Jackson Road Elementary School is 53% White. The school is also 26% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, Spalding County is about 55% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Jackson Road Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Its teaching staff equals 28.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Around 93% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Spalding County, the average is about the same, 92%.
Jackson Road Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Jackson Road Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (33.7%) and its predicted rate (29.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Census estimates describe Spalding County this way: median household income is about $62,071, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Spalding County number 18 and enroll about 9,350.
The closest other public school is Kennedy Road Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jackson Road Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Jackson Road Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 344, starting from 342. The school's ratio fell from 13.2:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other Jackson Road Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jackson Road Elementary. Jackson Road Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jackson Road ElementarySilver Spring, MD · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Road Middle School0.8 mi · 428
- AZ Kelsey Academy0.9 mi · 47
- Moore Elementary School1.2 mi · 335
- Atkinson Elementary School1.6 mi · 366
- Spalding High School2.0 mi · 1,208
- Crescent Road Elementary School2.1 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Jackson Road Elementary School?
Jackson Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jackson Road Elementary School serve?
Jackson Road Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Road Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jackson Road Elementary School?
At Jackson Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 12% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Road Elementary School?
Jackson Road Elementary School is overseen by Griffin-Spalding County in Spalding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.