Jackson Center Elementary School

Located at 204 S Linden St, in Jackson Center, Ohio, Jackson Center Elementary School is a small K-5 school that instructs 330 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Jackson Center Local.

Jackson Center Local runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 576 students. Jackson Center Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Center Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Jackson Center Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Shelby County put the typical household earns roughly $73,978 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Shelby County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,812 students), of which Jackson Center Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jackson Center High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Center Elementary School has increased 11%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 99% to 95% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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