Jackson Elementary

Jackson Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Janesville, Wisconsin, operated by Janesville School District. Current enrollment sits at 339 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Janesville School District, which oversees 22 schools and 9,355 students, Jackson Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jackson Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Jackson Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Rock County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jackson Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.9%; Jackson Elementary posts 51.1%, +21.2 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rock County) shows that median household earnings sit near $75,673, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Rock County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students), of which Jackson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edison Middle, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jackson Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.6%.

Jackson Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jackson Elementary has ticked up 6%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 55% to 61%.

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