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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050828000553
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET
1001 ROSEMOND AVENUE, JONESBORO, AR 72401 · (870) 933-5850 · Craighead County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
18.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
633 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 1 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 16% |
This year's 1st grade class (117) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.2% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 35.5% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET this school | 633 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 570 | 97.2% | N/A |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMDEN | 523 | 99.4% | 14.7% |
| LEADERSHIP MAGNET SCHOOL JONESBORO | 492 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| MATH & SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOL JONESBORO | 499 | 100.0% | 15.8% |
| PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUTTGART | 641 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
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 HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #335 of 461 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #255 of 465 ▼ 22 | #7 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #338 of 465 ▼ 3 | #9 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #57 of 531 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #387 of 480 | #18 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #161 of 480 | #10 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #53 of 513 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #280 of 311 | #7 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
633
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 633 | 34.9 | 18.2:1 | 100% (633) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 40.5 | 16.1:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 36.9 | 16.8:1 | 100% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 100% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 37.1 | 17.6:1 | 50% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 90% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 83% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 31% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 26 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET.
About HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is a high-enrollment elementary school in JONESBORO, Arkansas, administered by JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 633 students in grades 1 through 6. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418 students, so this school is 51% above average.
JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 6,762 students in its 10 schools, and HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is one of them.
Roughly 61% of students at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 17%. HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.2:1. That is higher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 67% for public schools in Craighead County.
allk12 grades HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET a C+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET scores 27.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Craighead County, the median household income is $59,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Craighead County is home to 37 public schools and about 20,332 public school students.
The closest public school to HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is KINDERGARTEN CENTER, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is behind the 28.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET was 622 in 2020-21 and 633 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 18.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,505 students
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNETElementary · 731 students
- ANNIE CAMP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 701 students
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNETElementary · 636 students
- MATH & SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 499 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
- KINDERGARTEN CENTER0.5 mi · 485
- EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER0.6 mi · 315
- THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,505
- ANNIE CAMP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 701
- LEADERSHIP MAGNET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 492
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNET1.2 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNETHow many students attend HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET?
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET enrolls approximately 633 students in grades 01-06.
What grades does HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET serve?
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET serves grades 01-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is approximately 18.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET?
At HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET, the student body is approximately 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET public or private?
HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is a public K-12 school, overseen by JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.