JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in JESSIEVILLE, Arkansas, JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary-level community, operated by JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 354 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within JESSIEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 791 students, JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder is composed of 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Garland County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 51.7%, a residual of +29.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Garland County shows median household income runs about $57,181, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Garland County (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students).

JESSIEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 17%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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