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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000103
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
4720 CAIRO DR NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111 · (505) 296-9536 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
519 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
61.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-37 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.1:1
% White
51%
was 57%
% Hispanic
33%
was 32%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
5%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY, a large K-5 school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, instructs 519 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 81% larger than the state mean of about 287.
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is one of 171 schools operated by ALBUQUERQUE, a district that enrolls 74,041 students overall.
Demographically, S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 69.2%, a residual of +35.8 points.
In the area at large, Bernalillo County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).
The closest other public school is ELDORADO HIGH, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY has shrank 7%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- ELDORADO HIGH0.5 mi · 1,579
- EISENHOWER MIDDLE0.9 mi · 740
- JOHN BAKER ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 404
- HOOVER MIDDLE0.9 mi · 404
- GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 504
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
Is S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY have?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY?
At S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 51% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY public or private?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.