James Jackson Elementary School
7711 Mount Zion Blvd
Jonesboro GA, 30236, Clayton County
Phone: 678-610-4401
Ranking: 
(1,379 out of 1,747, bottom 21%)*
(1,379 out of 1,747, bottom 21%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Clayton County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 59 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 69 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,023 | 968 | 914 | 866 | 777 | 744 | 991 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 30 | 2.9% | 27 | 2.8% | 25 | 2.7% | 29 | 3.3% | 7 | 0.9% | 10 | 1.3% | 3 | 0.3% |
| Kindergarten: | 173 | 16.9% | 164 | 16.9% | 153 | 16.7% | 141 | 16.3% | 114 | 14.7% | 125 | 16.8% | 139 | 14.0% |
| Grade 1: | 182 | 17.8% | 163 | 16.8% | 154 | 16.8% | 133 | 15.4% | 145 | 18.7% | 99 | 13.3% | 190 | 19.2% |
| Grade 2: | 157 | 15.3% | 161 | 16.6% | 145 | 15.9% | 150 | 17.3% | 103 | 13.3% | 133 | 17.9% | 157 | 15.8% |
| Grade 3: | 155 | 15.2% | 144 | 14.9% | 158 | 17.3% | 130 | 15.0% | 132 | 17.0% | 120 | 16.1% | 200 | 20.2% |
| Grade 4: | 155 | 15.2% | 170 | 17.6% | 138 | 15.1% | 141 | 16.3% | 129 | 16.6% | 146 | 19.6% | 149 | 15.0% |
| Grade 5: | 171 | 16.7% | 139 | 14.4% | 141 | 15.4% | 142 | 16.4% | 147 | 18.9% | 111 | 14.9% | 153 | 15.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 495 | 48.4% | 459 | 47.4% | 439 | 48.0% | 416 | 48.0% | 379 | 48.8% | 350 | 47.0% | 497 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 528 | 51.6% | 509 | 52.6% | 475 | 52.0% | 450 | 52.0% | 398 | 51.2% | 343 | 46.1% | 440 | 44.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 39 | 3.8% | 33 | 3.4% | 29 | 3.2% | 34 | 3.9% | 34 | 4.4% | 37 | 5.0% | 49 | 4.9% |
| Hispanic: | 92 | 9.0% | 89 | 9.2% | 89 | 9.7% | 80 | 9.2% | 84 | 10.8% | 85 | 11.4% | 98 | 9.9% |
| Black: | 830 | 81.1% | 786 | 81.2% | 734 | 80.3% | 692 | 79.9% | 599 | 77.1% | 560 | 75.3% | 766 | 77.3% |
| White: | 19 | 1.9% | 22 | 2.3% | 26 | 2.8% | 21 | 2.4% | 20 | 2.6% | 18 | 2.4% | 27 | 2.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 37 | 3.6% | 35 | 3.6% | 34 | 3.7% | 38 | 4.4% | 38 | 4.9% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,020 | 99.7% | 668 | 69.0% | 653 | 71.4% | 610 | 70.4% | 501 | 64.5% | 426 | 57.3% | 549 | 55.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 95 | 9.8% | 84 | 9.2% | 59 | 6.8% | 94 | 12.1% | 94 | 12.6% | 158 | 15.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.25 | 17.35 | 16.93 | 15.46 | 14.28 | 13.60 | 14.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 71% | 68% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 69.9% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 77.2% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 77.4% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.5% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 82.3% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 70.6% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80% | 78.8% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 81.3% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.4% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 78.1% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 79% | 80.3% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 84.5% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 87% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 90.6% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 71.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 72% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 73.2% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 79.9% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 79.8% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 69.3% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 76.2% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 80.1% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 81.7% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 80.7% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91% | 85.2% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 86.1% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 87.8% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 87.6% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 74.8% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 75.7% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | 79.6% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 77.5% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 82.8% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 83.9% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 82% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 79.0% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 86.2% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 83.5% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 55% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 66.8% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 73.8% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 72.6% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 68% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 64.6% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 72.2% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 72% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78% | 78.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 79% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 84.9% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 85.7% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 82.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 84.5% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 73.6% | 85% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 50% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 58.3% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 64.9% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 70% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 68.2% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 64% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.0% | 64.9% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 81.6% | 88% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 79.2% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 79.7% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 63.2% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 69.5% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 68% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 68.2% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 69.5% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 67.4% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 71.8% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 75.7% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 77.4% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 81.7% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 82.7% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 84% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 83.9% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 68.1% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 63.6% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 53.1% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 61.5% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 66.6% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 70.5% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 69.5% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 74.6% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 67.8% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 71.7% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 77.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 77.3% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 82.2% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 79.5% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.3% | 82.6% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 87.0% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 76.6% | 88% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 48.2% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 51.8% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 58.4% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 63.9% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 63.1% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 71.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 81.2% | 90% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 76.3% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 80.7% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 50% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 56.9% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 57.8% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 64.5% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 68.7% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 76.2% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 80.3% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 84.7% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 85.5% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 89.2% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 89.3% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 91% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 90.9% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 82.1% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 81.9% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 59.4% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 71% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 76.1% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 79.9% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 74.3% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 84.2% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 70.2% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 76.3% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 79.4% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 79.2% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 84% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 82.8% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 85.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 89.4% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 80.3% | 89% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.7% | 46.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 53.1% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 62.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 64.7% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 60.3% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 70.6% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 73.3% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 84.4% | 91% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 81.2% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 81.6% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 57.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 56.3% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 49.7% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 65.1% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 69.0% | 80.5% |
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* James Jackson Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.