Schools · Jackson
Jackson, MS schools
Jackson’s public schools score well below Mississippi’s averages: 18% of students are proficient in reading against 34.8% statewide, and 79% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.8%. Kids attend one of 21 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 8 schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Jackson’s School Grade: D
The public schools Jackson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Mississippi’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Mississippi school districts we grade (148)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Mississippi towns with similar household incomes (156)Better than 6%
High confidence. Built on 11,080 tested students and a graduating class of 1,853; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Mississippi’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Mississippi only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Mississippi with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Jackson kids go to school
Grades PK–5
21 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Jackson Public School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Jackson Public)18%
State average 34.8%
Math (grades PK–12, Jackson Public)9%
State average 35.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
79% graduate on time
Graduation rate
79%
MS: 87.8%
Graduating class
1,853
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #87 of 93 MS towns →
Districts
The district serving Jackson
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 65 schools in Jackson
Showing 1–30 of 65 schools
Ambition Preparatory Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 563 students
CharterSmilow CollegiateElementary · Grades K–4 · 547 students
DCharterPecan Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 510 students
DPublicJohn Hopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 497 students
DPublicBates Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 482 students
C-PublicWalton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 457 students
D-PublicJohnson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 444 students
DPublicOak Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 436 students
DPublicWilkins Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 434 students
DPublicSpann Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 433 students
C-PublicBoyd Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 424 students
D-PublicMcWillie Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 414 students
BPublicRevive CollegiateElementary · Grades K–3 · 367 students
CharterGreen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 365 students
D-PublicNorth Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 346 students
CPublicMcLeod Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 343 students
CPublicCasey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 308 students
B-PublicGalloway Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 296 students
DPublicTimberlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 295 students
DPublicKey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 259 students
C-PublicIsable Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 244 students
DPublicBarack Obama Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 242 students
A+PublicClausell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 231 students
DPublicWells APAC Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades 4–5 · 40 students
BPublicMORRISON ACADEMIC ADVANCEMENT CTRElementary · Grades 1–7
PublicShirley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5
PublicPowell Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 704 students
D-PublicPeeples Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 541 students
C-PublicCardozo Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 531 students
DPublicSmilow PrepMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 521 students
DCharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.