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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMHURST SD 205·NCES 171397001749
Jackson Elementary School
925 S Swain Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 · (630) 834-4544 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
25 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
83.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +19.5pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +22.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.6% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 56.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Elementary School
Jackson Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary School this school | 422 | 5.9% | 75.2% |
| Thomas Metcalf School Normal | 459 | 7.0% | 71.5% |
| Emerson Elementary School Elmhurst | 429 | 9.8% | 75.6% |
| Burley Elementary School Chicago | 494 | 8.3% | 78.1% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Oak Park | 419 | 4.3% | 81.8% |
| Prairie Elementary School Naperville | 515 | 8.3% | 84.0% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #63 of 1,925 | #16 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #92 of 2,077 ▲ 120 | #23 of 141 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #79 of 2,077 ▲ 113 | #18 of 141 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #896 of 2,419 | #63 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #682 of 2,035 | #57 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #950 of 2,042 | #106 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.9% | #2,121 of 2,132 | #120 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #1,318 of 1,461 | #88 of 92 |
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
422
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 330
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 | 422 | 34.1 | 12.4:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 33.1 | 13.3:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 34.3 | 13.1:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 31.6 | 13.7:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 17 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (434 to 422); teachers up 8% (31.6 to 34.1).
About Jackson Elementary School
Jackson Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Elmhurst, Illinois. It reports enrollment of 422 students in kindergarten through 5.
Across its 13 schools, Elmhurst SD 205 enrolls 8,280 students. Jackson Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 69% of those enrolled at Jackson Elementary School. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Jackson Elementary School are from different groups.
Jackson Elementary School reports a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher, from 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Lunch program data show 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 34% average for public schools in DuPage County is 28 points higher.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jackson Elementary School's results are 7.1 points above predicted: 75.2% against 68.1%.
The school's county is DuPage County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Jackson Elementary School shares DuPage County with 276 other public schools.
Jackson Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Bryan Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Jackson Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 75.2% versus a 70.3% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 422, down from 452 in 2020-21.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmhurst SD 205
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Elmhurst
- York Comm High SchoolHigh · 2,590 students
- Bryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 687 students
- Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Conrad Fischer Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Jackson Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 20 states are named Jackson Elementary. Jackson Elementary School is the 16th largest of the 42.
- Jackson Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,430 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 705 students
- Jackson ElementarySHAKOPEE, MN · 683 students
- Jackson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 657 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Bryan Middle School0.3 mi · 687
- Early Childhood0.4 mi · 271
- Salt Creek Elementary School0.7 mi · 149
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 527
- Jefferson Elementary School1.1 mi · 329
- John E Albright Middle School1.2 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jackson Elementary School?
Jackson Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jackson Elementary School serve?
Jackson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jackson Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Jackson Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jackson Elementary School?
At Jackson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Jackson Elementary School public or private?
Jackson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmhurst SD 205.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.