Green Elementary School

Located at 610 Forest Avenue, in Jackson, Mississippi, Green Elementary School is a small elementary school that works with 365 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Jackson Public Schools.

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

Looking at the student body, Green Elementary School shows that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Green Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hinds County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,402, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hinds County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), of which Green Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is North Jackson Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Green Elementary School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 365). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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