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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 578 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK CITY SD·NCES 422682007463
Jackson School
177 E Jackson St, York, PA 17403 · (717) 849-1223 · York County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
488 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jackson School→William Penn SHS
Based on grade levels within York City SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
12.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
7.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.5% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.2% | 6.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 School
Jackson School's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson School this school | 501 | 97.4% | 10.9% |
| Davis School York | 530 | 98.9% | 11.8% |
| McKinley School York | 578 | 97.9% | 17.6% |
| Goode School York | 641 | 96.1% | 12.3% |
| Foose School Harrisburg | 522 | 97.9% | 11.3% |
| Carnell Laura H School Philadelphia | 639 | 99.7% | 14.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,369 of 1,396 | #61 of 62 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #1,449 of 1,511 ▼ 2 | #57 of 62 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #1,463 of 1,511 ▲ 32 | #59 of 62 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #532 of 1,638 | #17 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #756 of 1,528 | #27 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #385 of 1,531 | #18 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #481 of 1,600 | #10 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #586 of 1,045 | #16 of 42 |
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
501
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 501 | 38.6 | 13.0:1 | 97% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 38.5 | 12.7:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 38.7 | 12.6:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 81% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 35.1 | 16.1:1 | 72% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 100% (558) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (566 to 501); teachers up 10% (35.1 to 38.6).
About Jackson School
Jackson School is an elementary school in York, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. Enrollment stands at 501 students, covering pre-K through 8.
York City SD enrolls 6,306 students in 9 schools, including Jackson School.
Black students make up 47% of enrollment at Jackson School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 46% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of York County's population at about 6%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 38.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 13.1:1. Roughly 97% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in York County, the average is 53%.
Jackson School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Jackson School scores 24.9 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 10.9%; the prediction is 35.8%.
In York County, the median household earns about $84,829 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. York County has 111 public schools with about 64,242 students, including Jackson School.
Jackson School's closest public school neighbor is Crispus Attucks CS, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Jackson School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 10.9% against a local average of 17.7%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school shrank from 526 students in 2020-21 to 501 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
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.
York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
462,924
Census ACS
Median income
$84,829
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
64,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York City SD
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- Devers SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Hannah PennElementary · 674 students
- Goode SchoolElementary · 641 students
- Ferguson SchoolElementary · 627 students
- McKinley SchoolElementary · 578 students
Other schools in York
- Central York High SchoolHigh · 1,756 students
- William Penn SHSHigh · 1,681 students
- York County School of TechnologyHigh · 1,615 students
- Dallastown Area Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,519 students
- York Academy Regional CSCombined · 1,058 students
- York Suburban SHSHigh · 859 students
Other Jackson schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Jackson. Jackson School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Jackson SchoolCamden, SC · 530 students
- JACKSON SCHOOLBATAVIA, NY · 397 students
- Jackson SchoolJackson, MT · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Crispus Attucks CS0.1 mi · 78
- Hannah Penn0.4 mi · 674
- McKinley School0.6 mi · 578
- William Penn SHS0.6 mi · 1,681
- York Academy Regional CS1.1 mi · 1,058
- Goode School1.1 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson SchoolHow many students attend Jackson School?
Jackson School enrolls approximately 501 students in grades PK-08.
Is Jackson School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson School is approximately 13.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jackson School?
Jackson School reports a student body of 4% White, 46% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jackson School public or private?
Jackson School is a public K-12 school, overseen by York City SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.