Jackson County Central Senior High

Jackson County Central Senior High is a reasonably sized secondary school in JACKSON, Minnesota, part of Jackson County Central School Dist.. The school caters to 332 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in Jackson County Central School Dist. (1,093 students total), Jackson County Central Senior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson County Central Senior High logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 35% of students at Jackson County Central Senior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jackson County Central Senior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 45.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $75,743, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Jackson County Central Senior High is one of 7 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 1,353 students).

Riverside Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Jackson County Central Senior High comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson County Central Senior High has shrank 6%, going from 355 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 91% to 85% over that span.

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