HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET

As an expansive elementary-level community in JONESBORO, Arkansas, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET works with 633 students from grades 1 through 6, part of JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Within JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 10 schools and 6,762 students, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Craighead County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Craighead County put the typical household earns roughly $59,548 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET is one of 37 public schools in Craighead County (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students).

The closest other public school is KINDERGARTEN CENTER, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNET has ticked down 3%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 44% to 61% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.