Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Townsend Elementary School, Jackson, MI

CEP schoolTownsend Elementary School is a public elementary school in Jackson, part of Vandercook Lake Public Schools. It enrolled 316 students in 2024-25, with 18.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 316
Teachers (FTE): 17.0
Students per teacher: 18.6
Grades: PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 17.5. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.6

District17.5

Michigan16.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1005 Floyd Ave, Jackson, MI 49203
Phone: (517)782-9044
District: Vandercook Lake Public Schools
County: Jackson County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Small
NCES school ID: 263465007041

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 236
Reduced-price lunch: 25
Free or reduced-price lunch: 26182.6% 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Jackson

Northwest Early Elementary School Northwest Community Schools
Northwest Elementary School Northwest Community Schools
Paragon Charter Academy Paragon Charter Academy
Cascades Elementary School Jackson Public Schools
Northeast Elementary School Jackson Public Schools
Hunt Elementary School Jackson Public Schools
East Jackson Elementary East Jackson Community Schools
Sharp Park Academy Jackson Public Schools
Dibble Elementary School Jackson Public Schools
JPS Montessori Center Jackson Public Schools
John R Lewis Elementary Jackson Public Schools
Da Vinci Schools K5 Da Vinci Schools

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.