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.

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