School district · Kentucky
Jackson Independent
Jackson Independent in Kentucky: 1 public schools with 371 students and 16.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,565 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 371
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- KY 15.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,565
- KY $14.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.0
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- KY 320 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kentucky's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Kentucky: 48%46%proficient
A lower share proficient than 56% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 47% · 170 school districts compared
61 students tested, grades 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Kentucky: 42%31%proficient
A lower share proficient than 82% of school districts in Kentucky
Median 41% · 170 school districts compared
61 students tested, grades 4, 5 · Kentucky Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 23% · $1.3M
- State
- 62% · $3.5M
- Local
- 15% · $824K
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $9,410
- Support services
- $3,455
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $62K
- Long-term debt
- $2.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackson City SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 371 | 16.1 | 46% | 31% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 940 Highland Ave, Jackson, KY 41339
- Phone
- (606)666-4979
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.