Jackson Central Merry High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson Central Merry High School in Jackson, Tennessee enrolled 507 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 3% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 6% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 110%

438 students in 2022-23, 464 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 13.5 to 28.4.

Students enrolled at Jackson Central Merry High School by school year2022-23: 438, 2023-24: 46402004006002022-234382023-24464
Students enrolled at Jackson Central Merry High School by school year2022-23: 438, 2023-24: 46402004006002022-234382023-24464
Students enrolled at Jackson Central Merry High School by school year2022-23: 438, 2023-24: 46402004006002022-234382023-24464
Students enrolled at Jackson Central Merry High School by school year2022-23: 438, 2023-24: 46402004006002022-234382023-24464
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2343813.532.4
2023-2446428.416.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

1 AP courses and one counselor per 92 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Jackson Central Merry High School enrolled 277 students and had 3.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 143 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses1
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)3.0, one per 92 of the 277 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions143
  • Chronically absent63.7% (2022-23)

Who attends

74.0% of students were Black, 15.4% Hispanic, 5.9% White in 2024-25.

  1. Black74.0%
  2. Hispanic15.4%
  3. White5.9%
  4. Two or more races4.5%
  5. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Jackson Central Merry High School scored proficient or above: 3% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math3%19% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 92 students in Jackson Central Merry High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%86%87.3%
Students in the class9283871,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Jackson

6 public high schools in Jackson report 2024-25 enrollment; Jackson Central Merry High School is number 4 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
North Side High School90315.7not reported
South Side High School75613.6not reported
Liberty Technology Magnet High School60415.5not reported
Jackson Central Merry High School50732.4not reported
Madison Academic Magnet High School48314.4not reported
Jackson Central-Merry Early College High26817.8not reported

All public schools in Jackson →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Jackson Central Merry High School

  1. Jackson Central-Merry Early College HighThe nearest public high school, 0.2 miles away: 268 students, 17.8 per teacher (2024-25).0.2 mi
  2. Madison Academic Magnet High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 1.0 miles away: 483 students, 14.4 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
  3. Compare Jackson Central Merry High School with Jackson Central-Merry Early College HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Madison County spends per student$11,115 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,115
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeJackson Central Merry High School is the number 231 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#231 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Jackson Central Merry High School

  1. How many students attend Jackson Central Merry High School?
    507 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 438 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Jackson, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Central Merry High School?
    32.4 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Jackson Central Merry High School a Title I school?
    Jackson Central Merry High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Jackson Central Merry High School do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Jackson Central Merry High School scored proficient or above: 3% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Jackson Central Merry High School?
    85-89% of the 92 students in Jackson Central Merry High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Jackson Central Merry High School in?
    Madison County, NCES district ID 4702580. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470258002663 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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