📍 4215 Sunset Drive, Jackson, Hinds County, 39213
Dawson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jackson, Hinds County. The school has 192 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jackson Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dawson Elementary School enrolls 192 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 16.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 192 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
192 of the school's 192 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 192 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dawson Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 MS-20, state senate district 27, state house district 70.
Dawson Elementary School is one of 54 schools in Jackson Public Schools, based in JACKSON, Mississippi. The district serves 17,429 students district-wide and employs 1,470 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 192 students, Dawson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 323 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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