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Jackson, Michigan - 3 schools
1,148
Total Enrollment
3
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Jackson Isd operates 3 public schools serving 1,148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Michigan. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined 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.
The funding mix is 52.8% local, 39.1% state, and 8.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 29.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.0% White, 10.4% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Youth Home Jackson Isd, with a diversity index of 54.2/100.
Jackson Isd Local Based Special Education Programs accounts for 20.9% of all Jackson Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Jackson Isd-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.
Jackson Isd school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Jackson Isd school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 240 students (highest), a spread of 218 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Jackson Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.5% 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 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.
Jackson Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 29.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Jackson Isd is typically wider than the Jackson Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Jackson Isd has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 1,148 students.
What is the demographic composition of Jackson Isd?
Jackson Isd students are 71.0% White, 10.4% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.