BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in JACKSONVILLE, Arkansas, BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 421 students from grades K through 5, operated by JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,360 students; BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.2%; BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 21.4%, -20.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, Pulaski County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 19.6%.

BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.