Jackson Middle

As a low-enrollment middle school in Greensboro, North Carolina, Jackson Middle teaches 458 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Guilford County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 24% smaller than typical.

Guilford County Schools comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 68,535 students; Jackson Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson Middle shows that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Guilford County (around 89%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jackson Middle is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; Jackson Middle posts 30.3%, -18.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Guilford County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Jackson Middle is one of 143 public schools in Guilford County (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students).

Murphey Traditional Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Jackson Middle's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 458). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Jackson Middle community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.