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How has Jonesboro Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BESSEMER CITY·NCES 010033000088
Jonesboro Elementary School
125 Owen Ave, Bessemer, AL 35020 · (205) 432-3400 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
370 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jonesboro Elementary School→Bessemer City Middle School
Based on grade levels within Bessemer City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jonesboro Elementary School
Jonesboro Elementary School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro Elementary School this school | 474 | 78.1% | 24.6% |
| Highland Gardens Elementary School Montgomery | 468 | 79.7% | 31.1% |
| Morningview Elementary School Montgomery | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
| Highland Avenue Elementary School Montgomery | 453 | 78.8% | 14.3% |
| Tuggle Elementary School Birmingham | 423 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Chisholm Elementary School Montgomery | 493 | 81.5% | 13.6% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jonesboro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #569 of 626 | #74 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #540 of 626 | #63 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #543 of 626 | #70 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #342 of 709 | #55 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #322 of 655 | #42 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #322 of 658 | #36 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #113 of 696 | #20 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #58 of 364 | #13 of 58 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
474
-77 (-14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 78% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 27 | 18.9:1 | 78% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 78% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 80% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 81% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 73% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 984 | 58 | 17.0:1 | 85% (838) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 65% (476) |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 45 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonesboro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (628 to 474); teachers down 15% (33 to 28).
About Jonesboro Elementary School
Jonesboro Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in Bessemer, Alabama. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 474 students.
Bessemer City enrolls 3,012 students, and its 7 schools include Jonesboro Elementary School.
Black students are 64% of those enrolled at Jonesboro Elementary School. Next come 32% Hispanic and 2% White. That compares with about 42% Black among all Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
Jonesboro Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher, from 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Lunch program data show 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 52% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 26 points lower.
Jonesboro Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Jonesboro Elementary School would score about 27.3%. It scores 24.6%, 2.6 points below that figure.
In Jefferson County, home to about 667,755 people, the median household earns about $66,388 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Jefferson County number 181, with about 97,401 students.
Measured in a straight line, Westhills Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Jonesboro Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Jonesboro Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment decreased by 14% across 4 years, from 551 in 2020-21 to 474 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.7:1 in 2020-21, and 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bessemer City
- Bessemer City High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- Bessemer City Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Charles F Hard Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 290 students
- Westhills Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Abrams Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
Other schools in Bessemer
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Bessemer City High SchoolHigh · 760 students
- McCalla Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Bessemer City Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
Other Jonesboro Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jonesboro Elementary. Jonesboro Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Jonesboro Elementary SchoolJonesboro, IL · 338 students
- Jonesboro Elementary SchoolJonesboro, ME · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Westhills Elementary School1.3 mi · 277
- Alabama Aerospace and Aviation High School1.3 mi · 161
- Bessemer City Middle School1.7 mi · 616
- Empower Community SchoolLower School2.3 mi · 201
- Abrams Elementary School2.4 mi · 231
- Charles F Hard Elementary School2.4 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Jonesboro Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jonesboro Elementary School?
Jonesboro Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jonesboro Elementary School serve?
Jonesboro Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonesboro Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonesboro Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jonesboro Elementary School?
Jonesboro Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 32% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Jonesboro Elementary School public or private?
Jonesboro Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bessemer City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.