Barack Obama Elementary School

Barack Obama Elementary School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Jackson, Mississippi, operated by Jackson Public Schools, educateing 242 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Within Jackson Public Schools, which oversees 35 schools and 16,870 students, Barack Obama Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Barack Obama Elementary School records that nearly all students (98%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Barack Obama Elementary School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hinds County (around 88%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barack Obama Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.1%; Barack Obama Elementary School posts 85.8%, +41.7 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hinds County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,402 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Hinds County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), of which Barack Obama Elementary School is one.

Wells APAC Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Barack Obama Elementary School at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barack Obama Elementary School has contracted 9%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025.

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