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About Jackson
Township in Illinois, United StatesJackson Township is in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,898 and it contained 1,595 housing units.
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Health in Jackson
Health Grade B−
Healthier than 52% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 25 are too close to call.
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Schools in Jackson
All Jackson schools →School Grade C-
The public schools Jackson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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