Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS·NCES 050040201504
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY
251 N. FIRST STREET, JACKSONVILLE, AR 72076 · (501) 985-1200 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
177 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 42% smaller than its 4th grade class (53).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY→JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY→JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
16.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.9% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 23.9% |
% 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY this school | 210 | 84.3% | 22.9% |
| LAFAYETTE COUNTY ELEMENTARY LEWISVILLE | 244 | 88.5% | 11.5% |
| MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINERAL SPRINGS | 204 | 87.3% | 21.4% |
| EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 199 | 78.4% | N/A |
| COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLLEGE STATION | 150 | 86.7% | 14.8% |
| FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY PINE BLUFF | 200 | 76.5% | 20.2% |
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 JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #364 of 461 | #29 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #415 of 465 ▼ 64 | #42 of 63 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #417 of 465 ▼ 51 | #44 of 63 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #475 of 531 | #63 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #128 of 480 | #18 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #276 of 480 | #50 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #182 of 513 | #34 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.3% | #2 of 311 | #1 of 42 |
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
210
-172 (-45%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | 84% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 181 | 14.6 | 12.4:1 | 81% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 20.2 | 14.7:1 | 100% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 23.5 | 16.3:1 | 36% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 69% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 11 | 22.4:1 | 62% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY.
About JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in Arkansas, with an address in JACKSONVILLE. The school serves 210 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 50% smaller than that.
ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS is responsible for 3 schools, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY included, with 426 students in all.
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 76% Black. The next largest groups are 9% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Pulaski County overall, about 37% of residents are Black. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.0:1, with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is 84%. The rate at public schools in Pulaski County averages 71%, lower than here.
Compared with Arkansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY's results are 5.6 points below predicted: 22.9% against 28.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pulaski County show that median household income is about $62,873, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County, which together enroll about 64,124 students.
The closest public school, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 17.0%; JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY's is 22.9%, ranking 3rd of 7.
Federal data place JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Reported enrollment: 382 (2020-21) and 210 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMYMiddle · 156 students
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 60 students
- CAPITAL CITY LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY ACADEMYCombined
- PINE BLUFF LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY ACADEMYCombined
- PINE BLUFF LIGHTHOUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMYCombined
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,208 students
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 926 students
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- BAYOU METO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 60
- JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,208
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 926
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 733
- MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 428
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY2.4 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY?
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 210 students in grades KG-04.
Is JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY have?
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY are roughly 9% White, 9% Hispanic, 76% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY?
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS in Pulaski County.
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