Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000761
Mary W. Jackson Elementary
113 Wellington Dr, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 825-4641 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
328 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 76 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
95.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +20.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
90.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mary W. Jackson Elementary
Mary W. Jackson Elementary's state test result (90.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary W. Jackson Elementary this school | 343 | 95.6% | 90.6% |
| Linkhorne Elementary Lynchburg | 378 | 97.1% | 41.1% |
| Captain John Smith Elementary Hampton | 374 | 93.3% | 59.6% |
| Chase City Elementary Chase City | 396 | 94.9% | 58.1% |
| Perrymont Elementary Lynchburg | 377 | 93.4% | 43.8% |
| Anthony P. Mehfoud Elementary Richmond | 330 | 89.7% | N/A |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mary W. Jackson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #43 of 1,101 | #1 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #114 of 1,111 ▼ 51 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #13 of 1,111 ▲ 87 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #919 of 1,176 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #632 of 1,105 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #550 of 1,106 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #239 of 1,157 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #271 of 324 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
343
+55 (+19%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 96% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 93% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 33% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 31% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 33% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 25 | 19.2:1 | 19% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 23 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary W. Jackson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (335 to 343); teachers up 41% (17 to 24).
About Mary W. Jackson Elementary
Mary W. Jackson Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hampton, Virginia. It serves 343 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Mary W. Jackson Elementary reports to Hampton City Public Schools, which has 30 schools and 19,472 students.
Mary W. Jackson Elementary is 57% Black by enrollment. Other students are 20% White, 13% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Hampton city residents are about 49% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.3:1, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%.
The allk12 Grade for Mary W. Jackson Elementary is A+. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Mary W. Jackson Elementary is a top-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.1% with an actual 90.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hampton city, the median household income is $69,621, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Mary W. Jackson Elementary is one of 36 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Carver Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mary W. Jackson Elementary is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Mary W. Jackson Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 55 more students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Mary W. Jackson Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Elementary0.7 mi · 634
- Crittenden Middle0.7 mi · 781
- Sedgefield Elementary0.8 mi · 425
- Alfred S. Forrest Elementary0.9 mi · 499
- Cesar Tarrant Middle1.1 mi · 737
- George P. Phenix Elementary1.3 mi · 1,438
Frequently asked questions
About Mary W. Jackson ElementaryHow many students attend Mary W. Jackson Elementary?
Mary W. Jackson Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mary W. Jackson Elementary serve?
Mary W. Jackson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mary W. Jackson Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Mary W. Jackson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary W. Jackson Elementary?
At Mary W. Jackson Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 7% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary W. Jackson Elementary?
Mary W. Jackson Elementary is overseen by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.