Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANITOWOC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550861000974
Jackson Elementary
1201 N 18th St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 · (920) 663-9520 · Manitowoc County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
139 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
44.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 45.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Jackson Elementary
Jackson Elementary's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Elementary this school | 336 | 41.4% | 46.4% |
| Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek | 389 | 41.6% | 61.1% |
| Coolidge Elementary Neenah | 329 | 39.5% | 66.0% |
| Manz Elementary Eau Claire | 342 | 39.2% | 70.2% |
| Spring Road Elementary Neenah | 299 | 36.5% | 61.4% |
| Plover-Whiting Elementary Plover | 448 | 38.4% | 54.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Jackson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Manitowoc County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #680 of 982 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #674 of 992 ▲ 13 | #8 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #656 of 992 ▼ 38 | #7 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #501 of 1,157 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #313 of 901 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #283 of 901 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #551 of 1,064 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #557 of 664 | #9 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
336
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 336 | 27.3 | 12.3:1 | 41% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 25.1 | 14.1:1 | 46% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 24.3 | 15.5:1 | 41% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 36% (134) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 22.7 | 15.7:1 | 30% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 25 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 24 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (356 to 336); teachers up 21% (22.7 to 27.3).
About Jackson Elementary
Among the schools in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is Jackson Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 336 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Jackson Elementary falls under Manitowoc School District, which has 11 schools enrolling 4,452 students.
More than half of the students at Jackson Elementary are White (66%). Next come 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 88% White among all Manitowoc County residents. The diversity index for Jackson Elementary is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, Jackson Elementary has a ratio of 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Manitowoc County average a similar 40%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jackson Elementary is 5.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.4% actual, 52.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
The school's county is Manitowoc County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,148 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Jackson Elementary shares Manitowoc County with 29 other public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Wilson Middle, is the closest to Jackson Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 46.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
Jackson Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% decline, from 368 to 336. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.7:1 to 12.3:1.
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Manitowoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,406
Census ACS
Median income
$69,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,090 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manitowoc School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 356 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
Other schools in Manitowoc
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 356 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 257 students
Other Jackson Elementary schools
41 other US public schools in 20 states are named Jackson Elementary. Jackson Elementary is the 24th largest of the 42.
- Jackson ElementaryElkhorn, WI · 485 students
- Jackson ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 382 students
- Jackson ElementaryJanesville, WI · 339 students
- Jackson ElementaryJackson, WI · 306 students
- Jackson ElementarySheboygan, WI · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Middle0.5 mi · 478
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 202
- Franklin Elementary1.6 mi · 356
- Riverview Elementary1.7 mi · 257
- Riverview Early Learning Center1.7 mi · 237
- McKinley Academy1.9 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson ElementaryHow large is Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jackson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jackson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Jackson Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Jackson Elementary.
How diverse is Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary reports a student body of 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Jackson Elementary?
Jackson Elementary is overseen by Manitowoc School District in Manitowoc County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.