Jackson Memorial Elementary

Jackson Memorial Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus in Austinville, Virginia, part of Wythe County Public Schools. The school works with 229 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

Across the 12 schools in Wythe County Public Schools (3,734 students total), Jackson Memorial Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Jackson Memorial Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jackson Memorial Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Jackson Memorial Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Jackson Memorial Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.9%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wythe County put the typical household earns roughly $57,745 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Wythe County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,734 students), Jackson Memorial Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Laurel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Jackson Memorial Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 77.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Memorial Elementary has rose 5%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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