Jackson MS

Located at 431 S Ann St, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Jackson MS is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that enrolls 524 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Lancaster SD.

Across the 19 schools in Lancaster SD (9,901 students total), Jackson MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Jackson MS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Jackson MS records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

With demographic context factored in, Jackson MS falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.4%; this one comes in at 15.8%, -25.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Lancaster County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lancaster County runs 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), of which Jackson MS is one.

The closest other public school is Washington El Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson MS comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.

Jackson MS operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 523 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Jackson MS community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.