North Side High School

North Side High School is a 9-12 campus of mid-sized scale in Jackson, Tennessee, run under Madison County, serveing 903 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Madison County, which oversees 25 schools and 13,017 students, North Side High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Side High School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 17% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Madison County put the typical household earns roughly $60,042 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,050 students), North Side High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Thelma Barker Elementary, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 907 students in 2018 compared to 903 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 18% across the same window.

On this page, members of the North Side High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.