Total enrollment
16,870
-3,324 (-16%) vs SY 2020-21
54 schools in Jackson Public Schools
Mississippi · 19,765 students · 2 cities
Jackson Public Schools's public schools, 54 in all, serve about 19,765 K-12 students inside Mississippi, an average of 366 per school.
4-year change in Jackson Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
35
-13 (-27%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Jackson Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Mississippi | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #114 of 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 19,765 | #2 of 136 | #409 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 45 | #1 of 136 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #71 of 136 | #3,875 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 99.9% | #22 of 135 | #150 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Jackson Public Schools
State test results across the district's 35 scored schools run from Barack Obama Elementary School at 85.8% proficient to Peeples Middle School at 11.7%, a gap of 74.1 points. That is the widest gap among 92 Mississippi districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Jackson Public Schools
Jackson Public Schools is a broad Mississippi school district running 54 schools with combined enrollment near 19,765.
Looking at the level breakdown, Jackson Public Schools consists of 31 elementary, 9 middle, 9 high schools, and 5 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 366 in this district, below the Mississippi typical of 498.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in Jackson Public Schools has shrank 16% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 20,194 students to 16,870. Jackson Public Schools now counts 35 public schools, down from 48 in SY 2020-21.
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