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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

South Jackson Elementary School, Athens, GA

South Jackson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Athens, part of Jackson County Public Schools. It enrolled 715 students in 2024-25, with 11.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
715
Teachers (FTE)
62.0
Students per teacher
11.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.4 lower than the district figure of 13.9. The Georgia average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.5
District13.9
Georgia14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
1630 New Kings Bridge Rd, Athens, GA 30607
Phone
(706)208-3552
District
Jackson County Public Schools
County
Jackson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
130294001251
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
440
Reduced-price lunch
69
Free or reduced-price lunch
50971.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
198Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jackson County Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Athens

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.