Jackson High School

As a roomy 9-12 campus in JACKSON, Michigan, Jackson High School hosts 989 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Jackson Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Jackson High School sits 115% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Jackson Public Schools, which oversees 12 schools and 4,310 students, Jackson High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jackson High School records that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 34% Black, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jackson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,073 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Jackson High School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jackson Pathways, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 1,210 students in 2018 compared to 989 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 51% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Jackson High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.