Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993001091
Jackson M Elementary School
917 W 88th St, Chicago, IL 60620 · (773) 535-3341 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
261 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
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 | 25 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 46% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jackson M Elementary School→Harlan Community Academy High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
16.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
10.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.8% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.6% | 3.1% |
% 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 M Elementary School
Jackson M Elementary School's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson M Elementary School this school | 305 | 85.6% | 13.1% |
| Ericson Elementary Scholastic Academy Chicago | 318 | 86.5% | 21.8% |
| Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy Chicago | 308 | 82.8% | 32.8% |
| Locke A Elementary Charter Academy Chicago | 346 | 87.0% | 38.5% |
| Parkside Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 283 | 88.3% | 17.4% |
| James R Doolittle Academy Chicago | 257 | 84.8% | 9.5% |
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 M Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,810 of 1,925 | #697 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #1,887 of 2,077 ▲ 74 | #701 of 829 ▲ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #1,984 of 2,077 ▼ 133 | #788 of 829 ▼ 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #1,510 of 2,419 | #625 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #454 of 2,035 | #244 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #1,942 of 2,042 | #756 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #392 of 2,132 | #282 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #829 of 1,461 | #427 of 661 |
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
305
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 517
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 | 305 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 86% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 94% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 24.5 | 13.6:1 | 97% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 346 | 21.1 | 16.4:1 | 98% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 96% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 308 | 18 | 17.1:1 | 99% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 42 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 42 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson M Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (346 to 305); teachers up 23% (21.1 to 26).
About Jackson M Elementary School
Jackson M Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Chicago, Illinois. The school had 305 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 oversees Jackson M Elementary School and 621 other schools, with 324,396 students in total.
About 96% of the student body at Jackson M Elementary School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. The school's diversity index is 8%, meaning two students picked at random have an 8% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1 at Jackson M Elementary School, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 86%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Cook County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Jackson M Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.1%; the prediction is 22.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Cook County, the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Nearby, Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr is about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 22.3% on proficiency, and Jackson M Elementary School is below that at 13.1%.
Jackson M Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 310 in 2020-21 and 305 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Nearby schools
- Noble St Chtr-Hansberry Prep Slvr0.3 mi · 534
- Gresham Elementary School0.3 mi · 332
- Ryder Elementary Math & Sci Spec School0.4 mi · 351
- Fort Dearborn Elementary School0.5 mi · 298
- Cuffe Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy0.7 mi · 249
- Kipling Elementary School0.8 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson M Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jackson M Elementary School?
Jackson M Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Jackson M Elementary School serve?
Jackson M Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Jackson M Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Jackson M Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jackson M Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jackson M Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 96% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Jackson M Elementary School public or private?
Jackson M Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299.
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