Summary:
Jackson, Ohio has five public schools in the Jackson City district — three elementary schools serving PK-5, one middle school serving grades 6-8, and one high school serving grades 9-12 — enrolling 2,236 students, with the district ranked 341st of 773 Ohio districts at the 56th percentile with 3 stars. One elementary is a clear standout, the middle school is mixed with one major math weakness, and the high school has a strong graduation rate but weaker test-score and absenteeism signals. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all schools, and per-student spending is only available for 2018-19.
Jackson Westview Elementary School is the top-ranked school here: 292nd of 1,560 elementary schools, 81st percentile, 4 stars, up from the 61st percentile in 2023-24. It has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city at 11.3%, and it was above the state average in every reported 2025-26 subject, including ELA 3rd grade at 89.1% vs. 63.4% statewide and Science 5th grade at 87.5% vs. 62.7%. Its tradeoff is the highest student/teacher ratio at 16.0. Jackson Northview Elementary School (58th percentile, 3 stars) and Jackson Southview Elementary School (61st percentile, 3 stars) are also solid; all three elementaries beat the state in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade ELA. Southview's rank has slipped from the 72nd percentile in 2023-24, though its 5th grade math (80.3% vs. 59.1%) remains strong.
Jackson Middle School (58th percentile, 3 stars) is split: Algebra I reached 73.1% vs. 61.6% statewide, but 8th grade math was only 24.7% vs. 52.0%, with 22.1% chronic absenteeism. Jackson High School (31st percentile, 2 stars) graduates 97.5% of students but posts Algebra I at 32.1% vs. 61.6% and American History at 62.2% vs. 73.2%, alongside 22.1% absenteeism — roughly double Westview's. The district has no alternative school.
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