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Townsend Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jackson, Jackson County. The school has 334 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vandercook Lake Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Townsend Elementary School enrolls 334 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 12% Two or more races and 5.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 267 | 80% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 334 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Townsend Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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.
Townsend Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Vandercook Lake Public Schools, based in JACKSON, Michigan. The district serves 629 students district-wide and employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 334 students, Townsend Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 210 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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