South Jackson Elementary School

South Jackson Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in Athens, Georgia, run under Jackson County, works with 715 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, South Jackson Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, South Jackson Elementary School has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Jackson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $89,544, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Jackson Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Jackson Comprehensive High School, around 5.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, South Jackson Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. South Jackson Elementary School's enrollment has rose 20% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 715). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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