JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a heavily attended elementary campus in JACKSONVILLE, Arkansas, JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 733 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 75% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,360 students total), JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 56%; the rest comes out to 20% White, 13% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pulaski County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.9%; actual is 10.8%, a gap of -28.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pulaski County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

The closest other public school is JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 18.3%.

JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

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