Fred Douglass

As a medium-sized elementary school, Fred Douglass serves students in JACKSONVILLE, Texas. Enrolled students number 577 students, in pre-K through 4.

The district, JACKSONVILLE ISD, has 4,700 students enrolled across 8 schools.

Hispanic students are the majority at Fred Douglass, with 55% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% White, 12% Black, and 6% Native American. Cherokee County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Federal data list 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fred Douglass in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 93% of students at Fred Douglass as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Cherokee County average 66%.

Fred Douglass is 6.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (40.6% versus 34.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.

Across Cherokee County, the median household income is $61,261, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherokee County is home to 24 public schools and about 10,948 public school students.

Of nearby public schools, Jacksonville Middle School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. Fred Douglass has 7 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.0%, lower than Fred Douglass's 40.6%.

Locale data from NCES put Fred Douglass in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).

2024-25 enrollment was 577, a 3% decrease from 595 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.

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