John R Lewis Elementary

John R Lewis Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in JACKSON, Michigan. It serves 140 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Michigan average about 369 students.

John R Lewis Elementary is run by Jackson Public Schools, whose 12 schools enroll 4,310 students.

John R Lewis Elementary has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 13% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Jackson County's population at about 7%. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teachers at the school number 10.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Michigan have 15.8:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 53% for public schools in Jackson County.

Jackson County census figures show that the median household income is $66,073, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County is home to 68 public schools and about 21,681 public school students.

The nearest public school is Middle School at Parkside, at about 1.0 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

John R Lewis Elementary is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.

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