Jackson Township Elementary School

Jackson Township Elementary School operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Brazil, Indiana, operated by Clay Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 237 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 46% below typical.

Clay Community Schools runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,995 students. Jackson Township Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson Township Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 37% of students at Jackson Township Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Jackson Township Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of +7.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clay County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,010 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Clay County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,995 students), of which Jackson Township Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Forest Park Elementary School, roughly 3.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson Township Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Township Elementary School has fell 16%, going from 283 students in 2018 to 237 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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