Jackson Heights High School and Middle School

Located at 12719 266th Road, in Holton, Kansas, Jackson Heights High School and Middle School is a modestly sized four-year high school that enrolls 229 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within North Jackson. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 410.

North Jackson runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 497 students. Jackson Heights High School and Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Jackson Heights High School and Middle School logs that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.9:1, putting Jackson Heights High School and Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Jackson Heights High School and Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Jackson Heights High School and Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $75,215 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Jackson County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,426 students), of which Jackson Heights High School and Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Jackson Heights Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Jackson Heights High School and Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Heights High School and Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.4%.

Jackson Heights High School and Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Heights High School and Middle School has rose 24%, going from 185 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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