📍 766 Park Rd, Jackson, Jackson County, 49203
Sharp Park Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jackson, Jackson County. The school has 276 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jackson Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sharp Park Academy enrolls 276 students across grades K–5. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 26% Black or African American and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 151 | 55% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4% |
| Asian | 9 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
159 of the school's 276 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 138 qualify for free lunch and 21 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sharp Park Academy 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 MI-50, state senate district 16, state house district 64.
Sharp Park Academy is one of 13 schools in Jackson Public Schools, based in JACKSON, Michigan. The district serves 4,310 students district-wide and employs 249 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 276 students, Sharp Park Academy is smaller than the district average of about 332 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small