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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051044000889
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA
2309 FOX MEADOW LANE, JONESBORO, AR 72404 · (870) 910-7812 · Craighead County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Arkansas 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 Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
381 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 122 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 24% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 61% · 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
Based on grade levels within NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 19.3% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA this school | 440 | 86.6% | 19.0% |
| FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARY JONESBORO | 394 | 82.0% | N/A |
| YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EL DORADO | 580 | 90.0% | 22.5% |
| UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JONESBORO | 446 | 80.5% | N/A |
| UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTS JONESBORO | 491 | 81.5% | 22.0% |
| ESTEM EAST VILLAGE ELEMENTARY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 609 | 78.3% | 25.1% |
Matched among Arkansas 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 FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #393 of 461 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #384 of 465 ▲ 5 | #12 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #397 of 465 ▲ 14 | #12 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #225 of 531 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #19 of 480 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #212 of 480 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.6% | #173 of 513 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #79 of 138 | #6 of 9 |
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
440
+53 (+14%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 440 | 34.9 | 12.6:1 | 87% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 33.6 | 13.7:1 | 100% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 36.4 | 11.5:1 | 100% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 100% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 29.7 | 13.8:1 | 39% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 71% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | 62% (212) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA.
About FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is an elementary school located in JONESBORO, Arkansas, in Craighead County. The school's enrollment of 440 students covers grades 3 through 6.
Within NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 3,910 students.
Black students make up a majority at FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA, at 67%. The remaining shares are 16% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Craighead County's population at about 17%. FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher below the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. The 67% average for public schools in Craighead County is 20 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is D. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is 8.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 19.0%. Predicted: 27.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Craighead County show that the median household income is $59,548, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is one of 37 public schools in the county.
FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is behind the 25.0% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is up 14% from 2020-21, when FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA had 387 students, to 2024-25, when it had 440.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,054 students
- NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 566 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTSElementary · 491 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 394 students
- NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATEElementary · 313 students
Other schools in JONESBORO
- THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,505 students
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,054 students
- VALLEY VIEW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 756 students
- VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNETElementary · 731 students
Nearby schools
- FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 394
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,054
- NETTLETON STEAM ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 206
- NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE2.3 mi · 313
- NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 566
- VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET2.6 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIAWhat is the total enrollment at FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA?
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 03-06.
What age range does FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA serve?
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA serves students from grade 03 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is approximately 12.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA?
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA reports a student body of 16% White, 9% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA public or private?
FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA is a public K-12 school, overseen by NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.