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Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5

Northwest Elementary School, Jackson, MI

CEP schoolNorthwest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Jackson, part of Northwest Community Schools. It enrolled 758 students in 2024-25, with 18.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
758
Teachers (FTE)
42.0
Students per teacher
18.0
Grades
3 to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.8. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.0
District17.8
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
3757 Lansing Ave, Jackson, MI 49202
Phone
(517)817-4704
District
Northwest Community Schools
County
Jackson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
262601006256
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
334
Reduced-price lunch
48
Free or reduced-price lunch
38250.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Northwest Community Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Jackson

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.