DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The public elementary school DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in JACKSON, Mississippi. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 194 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Mississippi enroll about 446 students on average.

JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 45 schools; together they serve 19,765 students.

Of every 100 students at DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 99 are Black. That is higher than the 72% Black share among all Hinds County residents. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.

DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. The gap from the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County is 12 points.

For Hinds County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $49,402 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Public schools in Hinds County number 84, with about 32,870 students.

SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Federal data put enrollment at 367 in 2017-18 and 194 in 2023-24; the school may have served different grades in those years. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.1:1 in 2017-18, and 12.2:1 in 2023-24.

The allk12 page for DAWSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.