JACKSON EL

JACKSON EL, a mid-sized elementary school in PLANO, Texas, run under PLANO ISD, educates 705 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PLANO ISD, which oversees 73 schools and 46,612 students, JACKSON EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JACKSON EL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 13% Black, 13% White, 6% Asian. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JACKSON EL records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JACKSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Around the school, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. JACKSON EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

WEATHERFORD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JACKSON EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

JACKSON EL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 28%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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