James Jackson Elementary School

7711 Mount Zion Blvd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 | (678) 610-4401

Grades: PK-5
Student Enrollment: 777

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5 out of 5 | 1 Review

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 777 preschool and elementary school students from grades PK-5
Ranks 921st out of 1,322 elementary schools in GA.

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Clayton County School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,251
Graduation Rate: 49.0%
Dropout Rate: 2.0%
Students Per Teacher: 14.4
Enrolled Students: 50,204

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 777
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 54.4
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 14.3

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 379 (48.8%)
Females: 398 (51.2%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 94 (12.1%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 501 (64.5%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 595 (76.6%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

James Jackson Elementary School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	2	0.3%
Black	599	77.1%
Asian	34	4.4%
Hispanic	84	10.8%
White	20	2.6%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Pre-Kindergarten	7	0.9%
Kindergarten	114	14.7%
1st Grade	145	18.7%
2nd Grade	103	13.3%
3rd Grade	132	17.0%
4th Grade	129	16.6%
5th Grade	147	18.9%

Source: GA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

5 out of 5 | 1 Review

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Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on July 07, 2010
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Great Principal, Teachers and resulting in excellent students, they got one of the best scores on the CRCT test in 2009-2010 school year!!

Test Scores and Performance Information

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The overall school rating shows that James Jackson Elementary School performed on average worse than many other schools across the state on CRCT state exams in the following subjects:

English Language Arts
Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies

CRCT - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 1 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	81.4%	81.5%	86.1%

Math Test
2010	80.0%	80.4%	85.3%

Reading Test
2010	87.9%	90.6%	92.4%

Grade 2 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	75.7%	79.8%	85.5%

Math Test
2010	81.4%	81.7%	86.6%

Reading Test
2010	84.5%	87.6%	91.0%

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	90.9%	82.8%	87.6%

Math Test
2010	84.3%	73.9%	79.7%

Reading Test
2010	93.4%	84.9%	90.4%

Science Test
2010	81.0%	70.1%	80.4%

Social Studies Test
2010	89.3%	69.5%	79.1%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	83.9%	81.7%	87.7%

Math Test
2010	72.6%	66.5%	77.1%

Reading Test
2010	86.3%	82.2%	89.2%

Science Test
2010	73.4%	63.9%	79.3%

Social Studies Test
2010	66.9%	56.9%	73.6%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Language Arts Test
2010	86.5%	89.2%	91.8%

Math Test
2010	80.0%	76.1%	81.8%

Reading Test
2010	81.6%	84.1%	89.6%

Science Test
2010	69.3%	64.7%	77.4%

Social Studies Test
2010	60.7%	56.3%	71.4%

Source: GA Department of Education 2009-2010

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