North Jackson Elementary

Set in Glasgow, Kentucky, North Jackson Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school, run under Barren County. It hosts 537 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 421.

North Jackson Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Barren County, a district that educates 4,908 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Jackson Elementary reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, North Jackson Elementary lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at North Jackson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Jackson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Barren County put the typical household earns roughly $50,628 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. North Jackson Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Barren County (combined enrollment of about 7,749 students).

Nearest neighbor: Highland Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Jackson Elementary at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Jackson Elementary's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 561 (now 537). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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