Jackson Elementary

Jackson Elementary, a high-enrollment K-5 school in SHAKOPEE, Minnesota, operated by Shakopee Public School District, caters to 683 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 99% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Shakopee Public School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,717 students. Jackson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Elementary reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 13% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Jackson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.4%.

Across the wider county, Scott County reports that median household earnings sit near $119,314, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Jackson Elementary is one of 66 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,041 students).

Shakopee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jackson Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.3%.

Jackson Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Elementary has decreased 21%, going from 868 students in 2018 to 683 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 57% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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