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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEYMOUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181008001619
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School
508 B Ave East, Seymour, IN 47274 · (812) 522-5709 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
389 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (117).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Seymour Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
15.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
22.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Seymour-Jackson Elementary School
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour-Jackson Elementary School this school | 609 | 63.9% | 19.1% |
| West Noble Elementary School Ligonier | 473 | 62.4% | 30.4% |
| Suncrest Elementary School Frankfort | 545 | 60.6% | 28.4% |
| Model Elementary School Goshen | 474 | 65.2% | 36.7% |
| Waterford Elementary School Goshen | 400 | 61.3% | 44.4% |
| West Goshen Elementary School Goshen | 387 | 63.0% | 36.1% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Seymour-Jackson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #852 of 983 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #840 of 986 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #898 of 986 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #174 of 1,079 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #514 of 991 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #425 of 996 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #273 of 1,058 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #422 of 597 | N/A |
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
609
-48 (-7%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 609 | 40.2 | 15.1:1 | 64% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 38.9 | 15.8:1 | 57% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 37.6 | 17.5:1 | 69% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 29 | 22.7:1 | 61% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 73% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 33 | 19.7:1 | 69% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 32 | 20.1:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 36% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 18 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seymour-Jackson Elementary School.
About Seymour-Jackson Elementary School
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Seymour, Indiana, administered by Seymour Community Schools. It enrolls 609 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
Seymour Community Schools is made up of 8 schools with 5,432 students in all.
The student body at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School is 59% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 37% White. Among all residents of Jackson County, the Hispanic share is about 14%. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School are from different groups.
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School lists 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.1 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 64% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Seymour-Jackson Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School scores 19.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 30.3%.
Census data for Jackson County show the median household earns about $70,262 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Jackson County number 15, with about 7,459 students.
Among nearby public schools, Seymour Intermediate School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Seymour-Jackson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. The school's 19.1% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Seymour-Jackson Elementary School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 48 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 22.7:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,660
Census ACS
Median income
$70,262
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seymour Community Schools
- Seymour Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,729 students
- Seymour Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Seymour-Redding Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Margaret R Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Seymour
- Seymour Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,729 students
- Seymour Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Seymour Middle SchoolMiddle · 778 students
- Seymour-Redding Elementary SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Margaret R Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Seymour Intermediate School0.7 mi · 862
- Seymour Senior High School1.5 mi · 1,729
- Margaret R Brown Elementary School1.5 mi · 499
- Emerson Elementary School1.6 mi · 257
- Seymour Middle School2.3 mi · 778
- Seymour-Redding Elementary School2.7 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Seymour-Jackson Elementary SchoolHow large is Seymour-Jackson Elementary School?
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Seymour-Jackson Elementary School serve?
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School.
How diverse is Seymour-Jackson Elementary School?
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 59% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Seymour-Jackson Elementary School public or private?
Seymour-Jackson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seymour Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.