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Sharp Park Academy

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Sharp Park Academy ranks 463 rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Magnet Grades K-5

463^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 69% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Sharp Park Academy is an elementary school in Jackson, MI, serving 337 students in grades K-5 and part of the Jackson Public Schools district.

Sharp Park Academy stands out as a high-performing school within a district that overall ranks in the bottom 20% of Michigan schools. While the district faces challenges, Sharp Park Academy consistently earns a top-30% state ranking, currently placing 463rd out of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools with a 3-star rating. This is a remarkable achievement given that roughly 60% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school's academic results are striking when compared to nearby options. For example, 4th-grade reading proficiency sits at 63.6%, compared to just 30.9% for the district and 41.3% for the state. Math proficiency tells a similar story at 56.8% versus 26.7% for the district. The contrast with other local schools is dramatic—Hunt Elementary School, Northeast Elementary School, and Cascades Elementary School all rank in the bottom 15% statewide with proficiency rates in the teens or single digits. Even when compared to Paragon Charter Academy, a strong nearby charter, Sharp Park Academy posts equal or better results in the elementary grades.

What makes Sharp Park Academy particularly noteworthy is its success with student groups that are often underserved. Its African American students rank in the 95th percentile statewide, and students from low-income families rank in the 80th percentile—both earning top ratings. This suggests the school is effectively closing achievement gaps and providing quality education to all students. The school also operates efficiently, spending about $15,677 per student, notably less than lower-performing peers like Hunt ($19,316) and Northeast ($19,801). One area for improvement is chronic absenteeism at 28.4%, which is slightly above the state average but far better than the district's 43.3%. Overall, Sharp Park Academy demonstrates that strong leadership and effective teaching can overcome demographic challenges, making it a standout choice for families in the Jackson area.

337

Students ?

17.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,677

Per pupil spending ?

60.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

766 Park Rd
Jackson, MI 49203-5058

(517) 841-2860

District: Jackson Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.9%

African American:

28.2%

Two or more races:

13.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 75th percentile in 2016 → 69th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (47% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Jackson Public Schools

✓Above the Michigan median (69th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school47%

District avg21%

Michigan avg38%

463^rd of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 31%▼ down 6 pts since 2016

From top 25% (2016) to top 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 7Elementary Schools in the Jackson Public Schools

515^th of 625Jackson Public Schools among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.5	463 of 1492	69.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	71.7	388 of 1488	73.9%	★★★★☆
2024	71.2	388 of 1486	73.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.6	184 of 1470	87.5%	★★★★☆
2022	80.2	218 of 1344	83.8%	★★★★☆
2021	56.1	437 of 1153	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.1	523 of 1408	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.4	580 of 1448	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	70.5	349 of 1466	76.2%	★★★★☆
2016	72.0	385 of 1548	75.1%	★★★★☆
2015	63.5	556 of 1580	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2014	63.6	564 of 1533	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	60.0	634 of 1563	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	66.9	498 of 1566	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	53.4	935 of 1552	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	59.1	876 of 1552	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	68.4	564 of 1589	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2008	49.2	1049 of 1577	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2007	65.3	576 of 1565	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2006	19.9	1397 of 1545	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	89.9	19 of 388	95.1%	★★★★★
2025	75.1	49 of 369	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	89.1	19 of 348	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	67.7	50 of 212	76.4%	★★★★☆
2018	73.8	80 of 475	83.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.8	378 of 1343	71.9%	★★★★☆
2025	72.5	304 of 1338	77.3%	★★★★☆
2024	66.1	364 of 1342	72.9%	★★★★☆
2023	78.1	210 of 1321	84.1%	★★★★☆
2022	76.0	201 of 1106	81.8%	★★★★☆
2019	60.3	440 of 1171	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.3	612 of 1443	57.6%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	71.7	269 of 1352	80.1%	★★★★☆
2025	70.0	301 of 1346	77.6%	★★★★☆
2024	74.4	241 of 1381	82.5%	★★★★☆
2023	81.0	152 of 1350	88.7%	★★★★☆
2022	76.6	147 of 1099	86.6%	★★★★☆
2021	51.2	329 of 749	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.5	471 of 1134	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.5	360 of 1397	74.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	56.1	566 of 1372	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	61.6	493 of 1366	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.8	316 of 1347	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	84.0	157 of 1334	88.2%	★★★★☆
2022	71.5	280 of 1139	75.4%	★★★★☆
2021	51.2	409 of 915	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.8	569 of 1196	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.6	560 of 1446	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	44.4	58 of 104	44.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.3	363 of 1199	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	87.2	116 of 1206	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	83.1	153 of 1204	87.3%	★★★★☆
2023	92.7	46 of 1198	96.2%	★★★★★
2022	90.1	65 of 1102	94.1%	★★★★★
2021	63.6	314 of 1005	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	86.2	108 of 1128	90.4%	★★★★★
2018	78.4	219 of 1253	82.5%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)95th percentile+26 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)80th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2026)72nd percentile+3 vs school

White (2026)70th percentile~ school

Male (2026)59th percentile-10 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)44th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts53%+12 vs state

Math48%+10 vs state

Science48%+8 vs state

Social Studies23%-5 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)		M-Step Social Studies (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th 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 Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sharp Park Academy	Public, Magnet	K-5	766 Park Rd	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-2860	337	19	17.5	60.2%	158 (46.9%)	95 (28.2%)	23 (6.8%)	16 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	44 (13.1%)	66.5	463^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	69.0%		71.7	388^th of 1488 public elementary schools	73.9%	75			51.0	63.6	45.5			49.0	56.8	38.6			47.7		22.7		$15,677	$1,723	$13,955
John R Lewis Elementary	Public	K-5	154 W Clark St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(517) 841-2600	140	10	13.5	95.0%	51 (36.4%)	68 (48.6%)	3 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (12.9%)	8.9	1393^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	6.6%		9.5	1367^th of 1488 public elementary schools	8.1%	26			1264.0	20.5	1455.4			9.1	10.3	1450.0			1462.2		1457.0		$20,894	$2,357	$18,537
Local Based Special Education Early Childhood Programs	Public	PK-K	1226 S Wisner St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	No	No	(517) 768-5205	0	10	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Cascades Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1200 S Wisner St	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-3900	398	28	14.0	91.0%	117 (29.4%)	164 (41.2%)	29 (7.3%)	7 (1.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (19.6%)	14.5	1288^th of 1492 public elementary schools	13.7%		11.4	1332^nd of 1488 public elementary schools	10.5%	44			10.2	29.1	7.3			14.3	29.1	1456.1			7.3		1467.3		$19,265	$2,993	$16,272
Dibble Elementary School	Public	K-5	3450 Kibby Rd	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-3970	282	17	17.0	70.2%	133 (47.2%)	74 (26.2%)	18 (6.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (19.1%)	35.6	923^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	38.1%		40.1	861^st of 1488 public elementary schools	42.1%	62			30.4	35.2	45.5			42.2	25.9	25.0			29.5		13.6		$17,082	$1,992	$15,090
Townsend Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1005 Floyd Ave	Jackson	49203	Jackson County	Vandercook Lake Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 782-9044	316	17	18.4	82.6%	231 (73.1%)	19 (6.0%)	21 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (13.9%)	17.2	1233^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	17.4%		17.4	1211^th of 1488 public elementary schools	18.6%	22			21.9	10.5	10.9			40.6	7.9	1461.9			28.3		13.0		$18,960	$1,832	$17,127
Paragon Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3750 McCain Rd	Jackson	49201	Jackson County	Paragon Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(517) 750-9500	627	35	17.8	63.8%	263 (41.9%)	138 (22.0%)	78 (12.4%)	50 (8.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	96 (15.3%)	65.2	490^th of 1492 public elementary schools	67.2%		56.6	617^th of 1488 public elementary schools	58.5%	127	82.4	56.9	41.7	54.5	52.2	46.3	56.5	46.5	54.5	52.2	42.6	54.3	37.7	54.9	21.7	64.7	$12,738	$1,007	$11,731
JPS Montessori Center	Public	K-6	820 Bennett St	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-3870	146	9	16.9	78.1%	59 (40.4%)	38 (26.0%)	6 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (28.8%)	29.9	1004^th of 1492 public elementary schools	32.7%		24	1094^th of 1488 public elementary schools	26.5%	90			20.8	47.8	21.7			20.8	30.4	26.1			30.4		1472.2		$18,262	$1,903	$16,359
Hunt Elementary School	Public, Magnet	K-5	1143 N Brown St	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	Yes	No	Yes	(517) 841-2610	366	27	13.5	95.4%	116 (31.7%)	122 (33.3%)	38 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (23.2%)	11.6	1338^th of 1492 public elementary schools	10.3%		13.4	1290^th of 1488 public elementary schools	13.3%	48			13.2	23.2	20.0			17.0	23.2	6.0			10.0		5.9		$19,316	$2,408	$16,908
Northeast Elementary School	Public	K-5	1024 Fleming Ave	Jackson	49202	Jackson County	Jackson Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(517) 841-2501	396	28	14.1	98.0%	129 (32.6%)	126 (31.8%)	49 (12.4%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (21.5%)	7.6	1420^th of 1492 public elementary schools	4.8%		8	1399^th of 1488 public elementary schools	6.0%	21			1262.2	12.0	15.7			1259.4	16.0	1458.0			5.9		1463.3		$19,801	$2,570	$17,231

Frequently Asked Questions about Sharp Park Academy

Is Sharp Park Academy a good school?

Sharp Park Academy ranks 463^rd of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Sharp Park Academy in?

Jackson Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Sharp Park Academy?

Students at Sharp Park Academy are 47% White, 28% African American, 13% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian.

How many students attend Sharp Park Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 337 students attended Sharp Park Academy.

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