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Jackson Public Schools reports modest month‑1 enrollment decline, highlights pre‑K gains and shifts to charter schools
Summary
Jackson Public Schools reported a 3.4% decrease in month‑1 enrollment for 2025–26 but said pre‑K enrollment rose and the district's total enrollment was reported at about 17,002 students; officials cited charter transfers and a Kaiser K12 partnership that located and recruited returning students.
Jackson Public Schools administrators told the board that month‑1 enrollment for the 2025–26 school year shows a modest decline from the prior year while some grade levels and programs registered growth.
"We have a 3.4% decrease compared to last year," Dr. Strong said as she presented the month‑1 snapshot and walked trustees through network and grade‑level trends. She also reported that pre‑K enrollment grew and that the district’s Hispanic and Asian student populations rose compared with the prior year.
The report, presented at the board’s regular meeting, broke enrollment into elementary, middle and high‑school networks. Elementary networks were down about 1% overall; the middle school…
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