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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002837
James Jackson Elementary School
7711 Mount Zion Blvd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (678) 610-4401 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
696 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 43 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
19.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.1% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 22.8% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 11.7% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 James Jackson Elementary School
James Jackson Elementary School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Jackson Elementary School this school | 696 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| Church Street Elementary School Riverdale | 706 | 100.0% | 16.8% |
| Peachcrest Elementary School Decatur | 729 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Callaway Elementary School Jonesboro | 677 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| East Clayton Elementary School Ellenwood | 641 | 100.0% | 18.1% |
| Brown Elementary School Jonesboro | 671 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
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 James Jackson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,032 of 1,208 | #22 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,069 of 1,215 ▼ 85 | #25 of 37 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,081 of 1,215 ▼ 94 | #28 of 37 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #419 of 1,183 | #23 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #377 of 1,324 | #8 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,052 of 1,301 | #31 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #950 of 1,301 | #24 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #106 of 1,312 | #31 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #51 of 854 | #1 of 34 |
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
696
+118 (+20%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 696 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 100% (696) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 49 | 13.3:1 | 95% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 44.3 | 14.3:1 | 90% (572) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 93% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 1,074 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 100% (1,069) |
| 2015-16 | 1,074 | 59 | 18.2:1 | 100% (1,069) |
| 2010-11 | 866 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 77% (669) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Jackson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (1,074 to 696); teachers down 31% (68 to 47).
About James Jackson Elementary School
In Jonesboro, Georgia, James Jackson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 696 students.
Clayton County operates 68 schools. Combined enrollment is 51,326 students.
More than half of enrollment at James Jackson Elementary School is Black: 76%. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
Classroom staffing at James Jackson Elementary School totals 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at James Jackson Elementary School is about 100%.
A school with James Jackson Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. James Jackson Elementary School scores 20.8%, 4.9 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Clayton County, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting James Jackson Elementary School, Clayton County has 73 public schools.
Jonesboro High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of James Jackson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, James Jackson Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
James Jackson Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, James Jackson Elementary School enrolled 578 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 696.
On allk12, people connected to James Jackson Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- Jonesboro High School0.2 mi · 1,630
- Elite Scholars Academy School1.0 mi · 757
- Kilpatrick Elementary School1.0 mi · 637
- Arnold Elementary School1.5 mi · 454
- Lee Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 515
- M. D. Roberts Middle School1.8 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About James Jackson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James Jackson Elementary School?
James Jackson Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does James Jackson Elementary School serve?
James Jackson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Jackson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Jackson Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is James Jackson Elementary School?
James Jackson Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 16% Hispanic, 76% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees James Jackson Elementary School?
James Jackson Elementary School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
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