NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Jackson, KY

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5 public K-12 schools in Jackson from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
1,487
Students
34.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Jackson has more public-school enrollment than 5% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Breathitt County High School enrolls 45.0% of Jackson's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Jackson's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Jackson lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 18 to 669 students, a 37-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 95%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
24th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Breathitt County High School accounts for 45.0% of all Jackson public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Jackson-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jackson school enrollment varies 37× across entities

Jackson school enrollment ranges from 18 students (lowest) to 669 students (highest), a spread of 651 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jackson reports 65.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jackson student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Jackson is typically wider than the Jackson-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Jackson City School 51
2. Sebastian Elementary School 35
3. Breathitt County Day Treatment 31
4. Breathitt Regional School 29
5. Breathitt County High School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Jackson

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Breathitt County Day Treatment 42.6/100
  2. 2 Breathitt Regional School 28.6/100
  3. 3 Sebastian Elementary School 4.9/100
  4. 4 Breathitt County High School 4.1/100
  5. 5 Jackson City School 3.7/100

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Which Jackson school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jackson City School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Jackson schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Jackson, KY? ▼

Jackson has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,487 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.