Jackson Public Schools 鈥� Hinds County, MS: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

17,429

Students enrolled

41

Public schools

1,250

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.9:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 808
Kindergarten 1,172
Grade 1 1,240
Grade 2 1,317
Grade 3 1,523
Grade 4 1,134
Grade 5 1,140
Grade 6 916
Grade 7 1,103
Grade 8 1,262
Grade 9 1,395
Grade 10 1,574
Grade 11 1,497
Grade 12 1,334
Grade 13 14

By race/ethnicity

Black or African American 93%
Hispanic/Latino 4%
White 2%
Two or more races 1%
Asian <1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,856 of 16,870 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 100%
Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,753 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,582
Support services $6,306
Other (food service, etc.) $864

Where the money comes from

Local 30%
State 37%
Federal 34%

Total revenue $330.9 milliontotal spending $316.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 13

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 97% city, 3% rural

Total staff (FTE)

3,122

District office

662 South President Street, Jackson MS 39201

Phone

(601) 960-8700

County

Hinds County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802190

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About Jackson Public Schools

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Jackson Public Schools is the second largest school district in Mississippi, serving more than 30,000 students, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 176,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles. There are 8 high schools, 12 middle schools, 39 elementary schools and 2 special schools comprising the district's 61 school sites.

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