East Jackson Secondary School

Located at 1566 N SUTTON RD, in JACKSON, Michigan, East Jackson Secondary School is a compact high school that teaches 359 students (grades 7 through 12), run under East Jackson Community Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so East Jackson Secondary School sits 22% below that benchmark.

Within East Jackson Community Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 723 students, East Jackson Secondary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, East Jackson Secondary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting East Jackson Secondary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at East Jackson Secondary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 53%.

Across the wider county, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,073 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. East Jackson Secondary School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

WAY East Jackson is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 29%: 279 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 86% to 73% over that span.

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