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Jackson County School System

Every school in the district with Georgia's own ratings, how to confirm a home's zoned schools, and homes for sale in the district.

81.2CCRPI score, 2024-25Georgia 78.0 · Year before: 78.6
10,835Students, 2025-26
94.4%4-year graduation rateGeorgia 87.2%
13.2Students per teacher
14 yrsTeachers' average experience
48.5%3rd graders reading on grade level
67.8%College and career ready
$13,342Spending per student2024-25

Jackson County has approved new zones starting August 2027, when Hayes Farm Elementary and Hoschton High open. Buying for the 2027-28 school year or later? Check the district's new zone lookup. We don't have maps for the middle and high school zones yet, so call the district for those.

Confirm a home's zoned schools

School zones are set by the district and can change from one school year to the next. A listing's school info, and the zone map on this page, are a starting point only. Always confirm with Jackson County School System:

  1. Look up the address with the district's attendance zones.
  2. Call to confirm: Jackson County School System, 706-367-5151. Ask about zone changes planned for next school year and new schools being built nearby.
  3. Before your due diligence period ends, get it in writing (an email from the district is fine) if a school is a must-have.

Jackson County School System: website · 706-367-5151

Georgia Milestones, 2024-25: students Proficient or above
TestDistrictGeorgia
English Language Arts45.2%40%
Mathematics54%43.4%
Physical Science42.9%57.3%
Science50.2%37.6%
Social Studies51.2%38.8%
Algebra: Concepts and Connections45.7%45.1%
American Literature and Composition42.5%40.6%
Biology46.8%44.3%
US History46.2%38.6%

How Georgia rates schools

CCRPI (College and Career Ready Performance Index) is Georgia's 0 to 100 score for every public school, and it's the score on the state's School Grades Reports. It combines how students do on the Georgia Milestones tests (Content Mastery), how much they grow from year to year (Progress), whether every group of students is improving (Closing Gaps), readiness measures like reading on grade level, attendance and advanced coursework (Readiness) and, for high schools, the graduation rate.

Georgia gave schools A to F letter grades through 2018–19 and now publishes the number only, so we show the number next to Georgia's average.

Test scores say a lot but not everything. Visit, ask about class sizes, programs and activities, and talk to families nearby.

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Homes for sale in Jackson County School System

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Homes inside our map of the zone, live from Georgia MLS. Homes near the edge of a zone can go either way, so confirm with the district. Listings shown with each listing brokerage; information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Only listings Georgia MLS allows on public websites appear here. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Where these numbers come from

Ratings and stats are Georgia's own public data: the Georgia School Grades Reports and College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores, enrollment, graduation rates, Georgia Milestones results and teacher counts, published by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) with the Georgia Department of Education, plus school locations from the National Center for Education Statistics. We don't use paid ratings sites. Numbers are for the school year shown and the state can revise them.

Attendance zones are drawn from each district's own published zone maps where the district shares them (source and date on each district page), and district lines from the U.S. Census Bureau. They're our best map of the lines, not the district's official word: always confirm a home's schools with the district.