Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD SD 549C·NCES 410804000431
Jackson Elementary School
713 Summit Ave, Medford, OR 97504 · (541) 842-3770 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
281 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 51% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
OR avg 31.8% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 8.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jackson Elementary School
Jackson Elementary School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary School this school | 321 | 87.5% | 15.4% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Keizer | 358 | 90.8% | 17.2% |
| Richmond Elementary School Salem | 242 | 88.8% | 11.4% |
| Weddle Elementary School Keizer | 352 | 88.6% | 10.8% |
| North Marion Intermediate School Aurora | 345 | 86.7% | 25.6% |
| Lee Elementary School Salem | 336 | 87.8% | 24.0% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jackson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #553 of 591 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #573 of 646 ▲ 60 | #29 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #611 of 646 ▼ 1 | #33 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #367 of 710 | #17 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #131 of 587 | #2 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #266 of 587 | #12 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #202 of 645 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #140 of 493 | #9 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
-73 (-19%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 321 | 21.3 | 15.1:1 | 88% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 65% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 74% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 21.6 | 19.9:1 | 90% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 90% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 18 | 21.6:1 | 74% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 62% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 21 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (430 to 321); teachers down 1% (21.6 to 21.3).
About Jackson Elementary School
Jackson Elementary School is an elementary school in Medford, Oregon, according to federal school records. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 321 students.
The 25 schools in Medford SD 549C enroll 13,735 students altogether, Jackson Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at Jackson Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 35% White, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Jackson County's population at about 15%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Elementary School is 15.1:1, based on 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Jackson Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.4% is 13.2 points below the 28.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Jackson County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $73,999 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Jackson County number 70, with about 30,143 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, McLoughlin Middle School, is about 0.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Jackson Elementary School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Jackson Elementary School's location as City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 394 to 321, a 19% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.1:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Medford SD 549C
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other schools in Medford
- South Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- North Medford High SchoolHigh · 1,721 students
- Logos Charter SchoolCombined · 1,285 students
- Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- McLoughlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Oakdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
Other Jackson Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 20 states are named Jackson Elementary. Jackson Elementary School is the 28th largest of the 42.
- Jackson Elementary SchoolHillsboro, OR · 382 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,430 students
- Jackson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 705 students
- Jackson ElementarySHAKOPEE, MN · 683 students
- Jackson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 657 students
Nearby schools
- McLoughlin Middle School0.4 mi · 826
- Kids Unlimited Academy0.7 mi · 505
- Logos Charter School0.8 mi · 1,285
- Medford Online Academy0.9 mi · 69
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 221
- Oak Grove Elementary School1.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Jackson Elementary School?
Jackson Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Jackson Elementary School serve?
Jackson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jackson Elementary School?
At Jackson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Jackson Elementary School public or private?
Jackson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Medford SD 549C.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.