Thelma Barker Elementary

Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Jackson, Tennessee

Thelma Barker Elementary in Jackson, Tennessee enrolled 776 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, 29-33% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 34% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

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

Enrollment rose 2% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 10%

704 students in 2022-23, 715 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 45.0 to 49.3.

Students enrolled at Thelma Barker Elementary by school year2022-23: 704, 2023-24: 71502004006008002022-237042023-24715
Students enrolled at Thelma Barker Elementary by school year2022-23: 704, 2023-24: 71502004006008002022-237042023-24715
Students enrolled at Thelma Barker Elementary by school year2022-23: 704, 2023-24: 71502004006008002022-237042023-24715
Students enrolled at Thelma Barker Elementary by school year2022-23: 704, 2023-24: 71502004006008002022-237042023-24715
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2370445.015.6
2023-2471549.314.5

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

One counselor per 703 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Thelma Barker Elementary enrolled 703 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 32 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 703 of the 703 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions32
  • Chronically absent31.5% (2022-23)

Who attends

45.0% of students were Black, 29.4% Hispanic, 13.9% White in 2024-25.

  1. Black45.0%
  2. Hispanic29.4%
  3. White13.9%
  4. Two or more races8.5%
  5. Asian3.1%
  6. American Indian0.1%

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, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Thelma Barker Elementary scored proficient or above: 29-33% in reading in 2021-22 and 34% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 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. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2229‑33%23%35%
Math, 2022-2334%19% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 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.

Elementary schools in Jackson

11 public elementary schools in Jackson report 2024-25 enrollment; Thelma Barker Elementary is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Thelma Barker Elementary77615.6not reported
Community Montessori School66516.7not reported
Pope School62817.0not reported
Arlington Elementary School62616.7not reported
Andrew Jackson Elementary School56619.8not reported
Isaac Lane Technology Magnet Elementary56316.3not reported
Rose Hill School51117.5not reported
East Elementary School49217.8not reported

All public schools in Jackson →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Thelma Barker Elementary

  1. Pope SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 1.4 miles away: 628 students, 17.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.4 mi
  2. Andrew Jackson Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 4.2 miles away: 566 students, 19.8 per teacher (2024-25).4.2 mi
  3. Compare Thelma Barker Elementary with Pope SchoolStudents, 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 TennesseeThelma Barker Elementary is the number 95 by size of 998 Tennessee elementary schools open in 2024-25.#95 of 998
  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 Thelma Barker Elementary

  1. How many students attend Thelma Barker Elementary?
    776 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 704 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Jackson, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Thelma Barker Elementary?
    15.6 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Thelma Barker Elementary a Title I school?
    Thelma Barker Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Thelma Barker Elementary do on state tests?
    The students tested at Thelma Barker Elementary scored proficient or above: 29-33% in reading in 2021-22 and 34% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 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, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Thelma Barker Elementary in?
    Madison County, NCES district ID 4702580. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470258001844 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, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency 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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