📍 1950 Park St SE, Decatur, Morgan County, 35601
Walter Jackson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Decatur, Morgan County. The school has 244 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Decatur City school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
Walter Jackson Elementary School enrolls 244 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 28% Black or African American and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 117 | 48% |
| Black or African American | 68 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
179 of the school's 244 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walter Jackson Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-50.
Walter Jackson Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Decatur City, based in Decatur, Alabama. The district serves 8,902 students district-wide and employs 538 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 244 students, Walter Jackson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 445 students per school.
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