Best Public Schools in Jackson, Michigan

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				PSAT English Language Arts (2021)	PSAT Mathematics (2021)	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2021)	SAT Mathematics (2021)	M-Step English Language Arts (2021)					M-Step Math (2021)					M-Step Science (2021)			M-Step Social Studies (2021)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Francis Street Primary School	Public, Charter	K-5	1320 Francis Street	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Francis Street Primary School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(517) 879-1380	52	3	17.3	94.2%	14 (26.9%)	28 (53.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (19.2%)								(n/a)																					$9,402	$347	$9,055
Cascades Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1226 S Wisner St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-3900	250	17	14.5	96.4%	59 (23.6%)	117 (46.8%)	12 (4.8%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (23.2%)								(n/a)						16.7				10.9											$13,524	$2,554	$10,970
Hunt Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1143 North Brown St	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-2610	433	24	18.0	95.6%	155 (35.8%)	133 (30.7%)	41 (9.5%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (22.4%)	7.7	1103^rd of 1153 public elementary schools	4.3%		12.8	1237^th of 1408 public elementary schools	12.1%	134					27.6	15.2				20.7	10.9										$12,992	$2,251	$10,741
Jackson High School	Public	9-12	544 Wildwood Ave	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-3700	1,139	56	20.3	60.8%	577 (50.7%)	342 (30.0%)	75 (6.6%)	33 (2.9%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	107 (9.4%)	32.7	388^th of 561 public high schools	30.8%		36.2	432^nd of 666 public high schools	35.1%	44			49.5	21.4													10.3			38.6	$12,644	$1,181	$11,463
Middle School at Parkside	Public	6-8	2400 4th St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-2300	911	56	16.4	79.9%	385 (42.3%)	310 (34.0%)	75 (8.2%)	12 (1.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	125 (13.7%)	9.8	638^th of 674 public middle schools	5.3%		14.4	695^th of 792 public middle schools	12.2%	57	44.2	15.9						14.2	20.4				5.9	7.6		9.6			10.5		$12,073	$1,922	$10,151
Sharp Park Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	766 Park Rd	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-2860	306	16	19.5	60.8%	160 (52.3%)	85 (27.8%)	10 (3.3%)	11 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	39 (12.7%)	56.1	437^th of 1153 public elementary schools	62.1%		60.1	523^rd of 1408 public elementary schools	62.9%	86					58.6	51.4	37.2			65.5	50.0	19.0						23.3			$10,899	$1,769	$9,130
Northeast Elementary School	Public	K-5	1024 Fleming Ave	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-2501	245	21	11.6	96.3%	114 (46.5%)	60 (24.5%)	27 (11.0%)	3 (1.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	39 (15.9%)								(n/a)					10.5	14.5															$16,363	$2,631	$13,731
Jackson County Jail	Public	9-12	212 W Wesley St	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-2157	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Fourth Street Learning Center	Public	6-8	2400 Fourth Street	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-2386	44	6	7.5	100.0%	10 (22.7%)	23 (52.3%)	3 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (18.2%)								(n/a)																					$20,078	$1,179	$18,898
JPS Montessori Center	Public	K-5	820 Bennett St	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-3870	142	6	23.6	79.6%	63 (44.4%)	27 (19.0%)	19 (13.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	31 (21.8%)								(n/a)																					$11,352	$1,620	$9,732
Jackson Pathways	Public	9-12	544 Wildwood Ave	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-3729	112	5	21.6	92.0%	45 (40.2%)	51 (45.5%)	8 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.3%)								(n/a)																					$11,259	$1,179	$10,080
Youth Home Jackson Independent School District	Public, Alternative	3-12	930 Fleming Ave	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 990-8088	14	4	4.0	64.3%	9 (64.3%)	5 (35.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Local Based Special Education Early Childhood Programs	Public	PK-K	1175 W Parnall Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 990-3624	0	6	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Northwest Elementary School	Public	3-5	3757 Lansing Ave	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Northwest Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 817-4704	828	40	20.6	68.1%	654 (79.0%)	30 (3.6%)	52 (6.3%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (9.7%)	23.8	902^nd of 1153 public elementary schools	21.8%		33	943^rd of 1408 public elementary schools	33.0%	41					36.0	40.2	38.9			28.7	25.6	10.4			19.4			9.4			$9,306	$1,541	$7,765
Townsend Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1005 Floyd Ave	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Vandercook Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 784-6133	378	28	13.6	65.1%	328 (86.8%)	7 (1.9%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.7%)	16.2	1003^rd of 1153 public elementary schools	13.0%		16.6	1181^st of 1408 public elementary schools	16.1%	178						39.5	28.6	23.6		11.6	24.3	16.1	14.8		12.7						$13,329	$1,189	$12,140
Vandercook Lake High School	Public	7-12	1000 East Golf Ave	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Vandercook Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 782-8167	439	24	18.1	71.3%	378 (86.1%)	12 (2.7%)	20 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.6%)	14.2	509^th of 561 public high schools	9.3%		28	493^rd of 666 public high schools	26.0%	16	53.6		32.7																	26.2	$10,668	$623	$10,045
Vandercook Lake Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	5-12	1000 East Golf Ave	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Vandercook Lake Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(517) 782-9044	26	2	17.3	76.9%	18 (69.2%)	3 (11.5%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (15.4%)								(n/a)																					$7,504	$614	$6,891
Woodville Community Center	Public	9-12	3950 Catherine St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Western School District	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-8770	109	4	26.1	67.9%	88 (80.7%)	6 (5.5%)	5 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.2%)								(n/a)																					$11,524	$1,219	$10,305
Lyle A Torrant Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1175 West Parnall Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 787-8910	168	32	5.3	58.3%	141 (83.9%)	15 (8.9%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.0%)								(n/a)
Northwest Kidder Middle School	Public	6-8	6700 Rives Junction Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Northwest Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 817-4703	826	45	18.2	63.0%	652 (78.9%)	39 (4.7%)	49 (5.9%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	77 (9.3%)	21	559^th of 674 public middle schools	17.1%		25.1	612^th of 792 public middle schools	22.7%	53	61.9	15.7						21.3	32.6				7.4	14.3		10.0			14.7		$10,378	$1,331	$9,047
Northwest Early Elementary School	Public	K-2	3735 Lansing Ave	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Northwest Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 817-4946	892	44	20.1	66.3%	666 (74.7%)	31 (3.5%)	70 (7.8%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (12.9%)								(n/a)																					$9,589	$1,619	$7,970
South Central Michigan Virtual	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	1060 Jackson Crossing	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(517) 841-2208	232	2	105.4	70.3%	167 (72.0%)	26 (11.2%)	19 (8.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (7.3%)								(n/a)																					$6,156	$1,179	$4,976
East Jackson Secondary School	Public	7-12	1566 North Sutton Rd	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	East Jackson Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 764-1700	403	24	16.9	61.8%	325 (80.6%)	23 (5.7%)	22 (5.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (6.7%)	40.4	333^rd of 561 public high schools	40.6%		35.3	436^th of 666 public high schools	34.5%	103	59.1	11.4	46.2	25.6					23.7											44.4	$12,686	$697	$11,989
WAY East Jackson	Public, Virtual	7-12	345 N Dettman	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	East Jackson Community Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(517) 945-1335	52	0		80.8%	35 (67.3%)	12 (23.1%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	3 (5.8%)								(n/a)																					$9,675	$697	$8,978
Parnall Correctional Facility	Public	9-12	1780 East Parnall Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(517) 780-6004	6	0			2 (33.3%)	4 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Cooper Correctional Facility	Public	9-12	3100 Cooper St	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(517) 780-6175	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Egeler Correctional Facility	Public	9-12	3855 Cooper St	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(517) 780-5600	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Cotton Correctional Facility	Public	9-12	3500 North Elm Ave	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Michigan Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(517) 780-5000	8	0			4 (50.0%)	4 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Da Vinci Institute 612	Public, Virtual, Charter	6-12	2985 Springport Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Da Vinci Institute	Yes	No	Yes	No	(517) 796-0031	359	16	22.4	82.7%	244 (68.0%)	46 (12.8%)	36 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.6%)								(n/a)																					$8,233	$23	$8,210
Da Vinci Institute K5	Public, Virtual, Charter	PK, KG-5	559 Murphy St	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Da Vinci Institute	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(517) 780-9980	148	13	11.2	89.2%	116 (78.4%)	12 (8.1%)	4 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (10.8%)								(n/a)																					$11,405	$1,290	$10,116
Paragon Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	3750 McCain Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Paragon Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(517) 750-9500	638	36	17.7	59.2%	300 (47.0%)	172 (27.0%)	38 (6.0%)	49 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (12.4%)	50	516^th of 1153 public elementary schools	55.2%		49.6	672^nd of 1408 public elementary schools	52.3%	156	83.0	46.8			38.8	42.9	47.1	58.8	42.9	37.9	40.3	22.1	42.6	35.7	35.3	23.4		11.8	29.8		$9,560	$571	$8,989
Jackson Preparatory Early College	Public, Charter	6-12	2111 Emmons Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Preparatory & Early College	Yes	No	No	Yes	(517) 768-2093	358	14	25.6	31.3%	253 (70.7%)	41 (11.5%)	34 (9.5%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)								(n/a)			74.1					33.3	35.3					25.0							$7,976	$145	$7,831
East Jackson Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-6	4340 Walz Road	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	East Jackson Community Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 764-1810	432	26	16.7	77.1%	349 (80.8%)	13 (3.0%)	29 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (9.3%)	6.7	1119^th of 1153 public elementary schools	2.9%		10.2	1284^th of 1408 public elementary schools	8.8%	165					12.5	10.6	23.5	17.8							13.2						$12,544	$1,418	$11,126
Dibble Elementary School	Public	K-5	3450 Kibby Rd	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-3970	316	17	18.5	66.5%	185 (58.5%)	65 (20.6%)	16 (5.1%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (13.0%)	19.7	963^rd of 1153 public elementary schools	16.5%		33.5	935^th of 1408 public elementary schools	33.6%	28					36.4	27.3	23.1			34.9	18.2	20.5			16.2						$11,569	$1,525	$10,044
Northwest High School	Public	8-12	4200 Van Horn Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Northwest Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 817-4702	972	53	18.4	54.9%	824 (84.8%)	33 (3.4%)	61 (6.3%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	44 (4.5%)	40.9	328^th of 561 public high schools	41.5%		31.3	465^th of 666 public high schools	30.2%	137			57.3	27.5													9.8			38.7	$11,387	$1,221	$10,166
Ackerson Lake Community Education	Public	9-12	4126 Brooklyn Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Napoleon Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 905-5712	70	2	31.8	65.7%	63 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.7%)								(n/a)																					$9,174	$387	$8,787
Northwest Alternative High School	Public	7-12	6900 Rives Junction Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Northwest Community Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 817-4702	102	7	15.0	83.3%	76 (74.5%)	9 (8.8%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (13.7%)								(n/a)																					$10,919	$632	$10,287
Jackson Area Career Center	Public	9-12	6800 Browns Lake Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 768-5163	0	37	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Jackson Independent School District Local Based Special Education Programs	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	6700 Browns Lake Road	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District	No	No	No	No	(517) 990-3614	140	57	2.4	81.4%	110 (78.6%)	13 (9.3%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.0%)								(n/a)

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Michigan Center	2.29 mi	3	404^th
Spring Arbor	7.76 mi	2	158^th
Parma	7.92 mi	3	210^th
Clarklake	8.9 mi	1
Napoleon	9.02 mi	3	248^th

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