GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL

GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in JERICHO, New York, part of JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 432 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by JERICHO UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 3,231 students overall.

Looking at the student body, GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL logs that 85% of students identify as Asian, making the school strongly Asian-majority; the rest reads as 8% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Nassau County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.6%; this one delivers 87.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Nassau County shows median household earnings sit near $146,202, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ROBBINS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 80.4%.

GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GEORGE A JACKSON SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 432). White enrollment moved from 19% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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