Jackson Charter School

Set in Rockford, Illinois, Jackson Charter School is a small K-5 school, run under Rockford SD 205. It instructs 243 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Rockford SD 205 runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 28,467 students. Jackson Charter School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Jackson Charter School records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 45.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jackson Charter School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.6%; this one comes in at 9.8%, -40.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Winnebago County put median household income runs about $65,837, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winnebago County runs 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), of which Jackson Charter School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Abraham Lincoln Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson Charter School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Jackson Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 41%: 413 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 68% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 45.0:1 in 2025.

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