This is a 3.9% decrease from the previous school year.
Murrah High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,326 students.
A snapshot of Jackson Public School District showed 94% of students were Black, 2.6% were Hispanic, 0.9% were white, and 0.2% multiracial.
Jackson Public School District roughly covers 48 schools and has a main office in Jackson.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bailey Middle APAC School | 0% | 91.1% | 0% | 3.6% | 5.3% |
Baker Elementary School | 0% | 95.3% | 0% | 4.7% | 0% |
Barack H. Obama Elementary School | 0% | 96.2% | 0% | 3.8% | 0% |
Bates Elementary School | 0% | 86.7% | 9.8% | 3.5% | 0% |
Blackburn Middle School | 0% | 98.1% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% |
Boyd Elementary School | 0% | 91.1% | 6.2% | 2.7% | 0% |
Brinkley Middle School | 0% | 98.9% | 0% | 1.1% | 0% |
Callaway High School | 0% | 94.6% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 0% |
Cardozo Middle School | 0% | 93.8% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 0% |
Casey Elementary School | 0% | 92.5% | 0% | 2.1% | 5.4% |
Chastain Middle School | 0% | 91.6% | 4.8% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
Clausell Elementary School | 0% | 97.0% | 0% | 3.0% | 0% |
Dawson Elementary School | 0% | 100.0% | 0% | 0.0% | 0% |
Forest Hill High School | 0% | 95.1% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% |
Galloway Elementary School | 0% | 96.4% | 0% | 3.6% | 0% |
Green Elementary School | 0% | 97.4% | 0% | 2.6% | 0% |
Ida B. Wells APAC School | 0% | 76.5% | 0% | 23.5% | 0% |
Isable Elementary School | 0% | 95.2% | 0% | 4.8% | 0% |
Jim Hill High School | 0% | 96.6% | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0% |
John Hopkins Elementary School | 0% | 98.9% | 0% | 1.1% | 0% |
Johnson Elementary School | 0% | 96.6% | 0% | 3.4% | 0% |
Key Elementary School | 0% | 98.0% | 0% | 2.0% | 0% |
Kirksey Middle School | 0% | 98.0% | 0% | 2.0% | 0% |
Lake Elementary School | 0% | 95.6% | 0% | 4.4% | 0% |
Lanier High School | 0% | 97.8% | 0% | 2.2% | 0% |
Lester Elementary School | 0% | 94.1% | 0% | 5.9% | 0% |
Marshall Elementary School | 0% | 98.6% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% |
McLeod Elementary School | 0% | 95.2% | 0% | 4.8% | 0% |
McWillie Elementary School | 0% | 68.8% | 0% | 8.9% | 22.3% |
Murrah High School | 0% | 94.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
North Jackson Elementary School | 0% | 98.2% | 0% | 1.8% | 0% |
Northwest Middle School | 0% | 96.1% | 0% | 3.9% | 0% |
Oak Forest Elementary School | 0% | 96.9% | 0% | 3.1% | 0% |
Pecan Park Elementary School | 0% | 84.5% | 14.9% | 0.6% | 0% |
Peeples Middle School | 0% | 97.3% | 0% | 2.7% | 0% |
Powell Middle School | 0% | 98.1% | 0% | 1.9% | 0% |
Provine High School | 0% | 97.0% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0% |
Raines Elementary School | 0% | 98.7% | 0% | 1.3% | 0% |
Shirley Elementary School | 0% | 92.5% | 0% | 7.5% | 0% |
Smith Elementary School | 0% | 99.1% | 0% | 0.9% | 0% |
Spann Elementary School | 0% | 80.8% | 14.4% | 4.8% | 0% |
Sykes Elementary School | 0% | 76.0% | 21.5% | 2.5% | 0% |
Timberlawn Elementary School | 0% | 95.2% | 0% | 4.8% | 0% |
Van Winkle Elementary School | 0% | 95.7% | 0% | 4.3% | 0% |
Walton Elementary School | 0% | 98.7% | 0% | 1.3% | 0% |
Whitten Middle School | 0% | 83.1% | 13.6% | 3.3% | 0% |
Wilkins Elementary School | 0% | 96.2% | 0% | 3.8% | 0% |
Wingfield High School | 0% | 95.7% | 3.1% | 1.2% | 0% |