The purpose of this study is to identify and find community participation in education which is part of effective school management implementation through leadership of principal in making effective school in Jambi Province. Effective school management describes schools that have good, transparent and accountable management that are able to empower all school components to effectively achieve school goals. The research methodology used is descriptive qualitative approach. The data collection techniques using observation, interview and documentation. For validity technique of data using triangulation in three research locations, Senior High School 1 Jambi City, Senior High School 1 Bungo and Senior High School 1 Merangin The results research of the study are: (1) effective school management at three high schools in Jambi Province (Senior High School 1 Kota Jambi, Senior High School 1 Bungo and Senior High School 1 Merangin) has been implemented through management function, (2) of the three schools, its found that the community participation to support of effective school at Senior High School 1 Jambi city is relatively low, (3) community participation at the three schools is evident, in which they successfully achieve the educational objectives and targets that have been established with the involvement of school committees and stakeholders. The conclusion of this study is that the minimum level of community participation at schools seems to be the result of unclear procedures of school committee recruitment. In most cases, the members of school committees are on the basis of familiarity and popularity. In addition, poor communication between school committees and school as well as unclear roles and responsibility contribute to the low level of community participation in education.