Fourth Street Learning Center

Fourth Street Learning Center operates as a tiny intermediate school in JACKSON, Michigan, one of the schools within Jackson Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 27 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 502 students.

Fourth Street Learning Center is one of 12 schools operated by Jackson Public Schools, a district that caters to 4,310 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fourth Street Learning Center records that Black students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 19% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting Fourth Street Learning Center tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 53%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,073, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Jackson County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students), Fourth Street Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Middle School at Parkside, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fourth Street Learning Center.

Fourth Street Learning Center operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Fourth Street Learning Center's enrollment has declined 58% since 2018, when it stood at 64 (now 27). White enrollment moved from 27% to 19% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Fourth Street Learning Center typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.