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Jackson, Michigan - 3 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks East Jackson Community Schools #119 of 707 districts in Michigan (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,250 per pupil, East Jackson Community Schools ranks #190 of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending (Michigan districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East Jackson Community Schools operates 3 public schools serving 778 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,250 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 821 Michigan districts by per-pupil spending. See how Michigan compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.0% local, 51.7% state, and 13.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 66/100, ranked #119 of 707 in Michigan against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 359:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.8% White, 7.3% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is East Jackson Elementary, with a diversity index of 47.4/100.
Its largest campus is East Jackson Secondary School, enrolling 359 students (50% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Way East Jackson, at 16 students, a 22x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
East Jackson Secondary School accounts for 46.1% of all East Jackson Community Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Jackson Community Schools a distant remainder — means East Jackson Community Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
East Jackson Community Schools school enrollment varies 22× across entities
East Jackson Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 359 students (highest), a spread of 343 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
East Jackson Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
East Jackson Community Schools student-counselor ratio is 359:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
East Jackson Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to East Jackson Community Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in East Jackson Community Schools?
East Jackson Community Schools has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 778 students.
How much does East Jackson Community Schools spend per student?
East Jackson Community Schools spends $14,250 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #119 in Michigan.
What is the demographic composition of East Jackson Community Schools?
East Jackson Community Schools students are 74.8% White, 7.3% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for East Jackson Community Schools?
East Jackson Community Schools has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #119 out of 707 districts in Michigan.