JACKSON ELEMENTARY

JACKSON ELEMENTARY operates as a cozy elementary-level community in JACKSON, Nebraska, run under PONCA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 116 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so JACKSON ELEMENTARY sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Within PONCA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 3 schools and 442 students, JACKSON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JACKSON ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). The remainder is composed of 3% Native American. By comparison, Dakota County as a whole is about 45% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, JACKSON ELEMENTARY records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dakota County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,329 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Dakota County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,437 students), of which JACKSON ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary School, roughly 6.5 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

JACKSON ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. JACKSON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 116). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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