Jackson Elementary School

Located at 713 Summit Ave, in Medford, Oregon, Jackson Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus that enrolls 321 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Medford SD 549C.

Across the 25 schools in Medford SD 549C (13,735 students total), Jackson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jackson Elementary School logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jackson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 15.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,999, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), Jackson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McLoughlin Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Elementary School has declined 25%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 53% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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