FRED DOUGLASS

FRED DOUGLASS operates as an average-sized elementary campus in JACKSONVILLE, Texas, operated by JACKSONVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 577 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

JACKSONVILLE ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,700 students. FRED DOUGLASS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, FRED DOUGLASS shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 25% White, 12% Black, 6% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cherokee County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FRED DOUGLASS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cherokee County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,261, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Cherokee County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), of which FRED DOUGLASS is one.

The closest other public school is JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRED DOUGLASS comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRED DOUGLASS has edged down 9%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025.

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