Walton Elementary School

Walton Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Jackson, Mississippi, run under Jackson Public Schools. The school caters to 457 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Jackson Public Schools runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 16,870 students. Walton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Walton Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hinds County (around 88%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, Hinds County reports that median household income runs about $49,402, 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 Walton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walton Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walton Elementary School has increased 14%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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