Joseph Handy

Jackson Public Schools

Jackson Public Schools is the second-largest school district in Mississippi, serving nearly 19,000 students, representing more than 80 percent of school-aged children in the state's capital and only urban municipality. Jackson, Mississippi has about 170,000 residents in an area of 104 square miles. There are 7 high schools, 10 middle schools, 31 elementary schools, and 4 special program schools comprising the district's 52 school sites. These schools are divided into 7 feeder patterns based on the high school receiving the area's students.