About Jackson Public Schools
Jackson Public Schools is a public school system serving Hinds County, Mississippi, based in Jackson. It serves 17,429 students across 41 schools spanning PreK–13, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #3 largest of Mississippi’s 152 school systems.
Size and structure
Jackson Public Schools enrolls 17,429 students in 41 schools — an average of about 425 students per school. It serves grades PreK–13 and ranks #3 of 152 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Jackson Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (17,429 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Jackson Public Schools employs about 1,250 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1 — above the Mississippi average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 3,121.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Mississippi funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Jackson Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Mississippi assigns A–F accountability grades through the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card, scoring districts on proficiency and growth in reading and math, graduation rate, acceleration and English-learner progress. Look up Jackson Public Schools on the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card.
Accreditation status
Mississippi operates a mandatory state accreditation system through the Mississippi Department of Education, tied to the accountability grades and state process standards; many districts also hold voluntary Cognia accreditation. Look up Jackson Public Schools in the free Cognia registry.
Jackson Public Schools vs. Mississippi
See every Mississippi district side by side in the Mississippi directory.
Look up Jackson Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):