Jackson Park Elementary

Jackson Park Elementary, a mid-tier elementary school in Kannapolis, North Carolina, operated by Kannapolis City Schools, teaches 476 students, covering grades K through 5.

Kannapolis City Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,377 students; Jackson Park Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson Park Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 13% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Jackson Park Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cabarrus County's rate of about 56%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jackson Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 63.6%, a residual of +15.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cabarrus County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,005, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cabarrus County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,278 students), of which Jackson Park Elementary is one.

North Kannapolis Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Park Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Jackson Park Elementary's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 476). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 46%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.