📍 2000 Loring Road, Camden, Madison County, 39045
Velma Jackson High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Camden, Madison County. The school has 202 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Madison Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Velma Jackson High School enrolls 202 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Black or African American and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 201 | 100% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
199 of the school's 202 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 185 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Velma Jackson High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 21, state house district 27.
Velma Jackson High School is one of 23 schools in Madison County Schools, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The district serves 12,926 students district-wide and employs 1,013 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 202 students, Velma Jackson High School is smaller than the district average of about 562 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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