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Jackson Intermediate
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Jackson Intermediate
Located at 9370 Lancer Rd, in Hebron, Ohio, Jackson Intermediate is an average-sized primary school that enrolls 380 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Lakewood Local.
Across the 4 schools in Lakewood Local (1,645 students total), Jackson Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Jackson Intermediate shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Jackson Intermediate logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Licking County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Jackson Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 68.1%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Licking County) reports that median household income runs about $84,426, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Licking County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), of which Jackson Intermediate is one.
Lakewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Intermediate ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 69.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Jackson Intermediate's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 380).
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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