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Exclusive Data: Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

Exclusive Data: Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

Days before Christmas, the school board in Jackson, Mississippi, voted to close 11 schools and merge two more — a drastic move that parents in the district had long feared. Some on the list have lost 30% or more of their students since 2018. Despite the district’s high poverty, Superintendent Errick Greene said he could […]

Jackson Public Schools Board Votes to Close 13 School Buildings

The board of the Jackson Public School District approved a plan Tuesday night to close 13 school buildings, with one board member dissenting. In October, JPS district leadership introduced a plan to close 16 school buildings because of declining enrollment in the district. The district has lost around 9,500 students between the 2015-16 and 2023-24 […]

JPS Board votes to close 11 schools, merge 2 more in 2024

Ten Jackson elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school will be closing or be consolidated in 2024.

Updated JPS optimization plan slightly reduces the number of schools closing. See details

Errick Greene, superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, announced a revision to the proposed closure or consolidations of Jackson Public Schools.