Summary:
The Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is served by a single high school, Jacksonville High School, which educates 1,208 students in grades 9 through 12 and is a mid-to-large sized school facing significant academic challenges.
Jacksonville High School is in a critical state, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates in Algebra (4.6%) and Geometry (4.4%) are drastically below state averages of 36.9% and 26.4%, respectively. The school's state ranking has declined over three years, now sitting in the 9th percentile (267th out of 293 schools). While the school has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1 and spends $14,161 per student, these resources are not translating into academic success. The graduation rate is 81.0%, well below the state average of 90.1%, and the dropout rate is 6.0%. Overall proficiency in English Language Arts is 19.5% (state: 39.4%), Reading is 24.0% (state: 40.4%), and Biology is 21.8% (state: 42.7%).
A notable anomaly is the sharp difference in 9th-grade Biology proficiency (49.1%) compared to 10th-grade Biology (15.7%), which may indicate differences in course rigor or student cohorts. The gap between the school and state averages is widening across most subjects, and the graduation rate is significantly higher than proficiency rates would suggest, indicating many students may be graduating without the academic skills needed for college or careers. This "diploma gap" is a key concern for parents evaluating the school's ability to prepare students for future success.
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