📍 1501 e Pine, Jacksonville, Cherokee County, 75766
Fred Douglass is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Cherokee County. The school has 623 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carlos Franz. It is part of the Jacksonville Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Fred Douglass enrolls 623 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 341 | 55% |
| White | 154 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 95 | 15% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
544 of the school's 623 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 519 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fred Douglass is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 TX-60, state senate district 3, state house district 11.
Fred Douglass is one of 8 schools in JACKSONVILLE ISD, based in JACKSONVILLE, Texas. The district serves 4,700 students district-wide and employs 353 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 623 students, Fred Douglass is close to the district average of about 588 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe