📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Cares School compares for families
What families should know about Cares School.
- ▸ LocallyMS trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−5 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lanier Junior/Senior High School, MS School For The Blind, MS School For The Deaf and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Cares School
Get an email when Cares School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.5%/year, projecting from 2022's 81 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanier Junior/Senior High School Jackson |
Public | 1.2 | 656 | +18.0% |
| MS School For The Blind JACKSON |
Public | 2.0 | 16 | — |
| MS School For The Deaf Jackson |
Public | 2.0 | 29 | — |
| The Education Center, Inc. D/B/A Education Center Jackson |
Private | 2.1 | 88 | +3.5% |
| Provine High School Jackson |
Public | 2.7 | 791 | +3.5% |
| CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER JACKSON |
Public | 2.7 | — | — |
| Jim Hill High School Jackson |
Public | 3.1 | 975 | +10.2% |
| CAREER ACADEMIC PLACEMENT PROGRAM JACKSON |
Public | 3.5 | — | — |