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What's something JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051197000505
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2926 S 1ST ST, ROGERS, AR 72758 · (479) 631-3535 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
315 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
40.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.7% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 51.1% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 463 | 68.0% | 42.7% |
| JOE MATHIAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 478 | 72.2% | 39.3% |
| BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL ROGERS | 458 | 69.7% | 42.2% |
| GRACE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 403 | 77.7% | 41.4% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 402 | 68.9% | 37.2% |
| THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 483 | 74.5% | 35.4% |
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 JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #150 of 461 | #29 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #182 of 465 ▼ 90 | #32 of 39 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #163 of 465 ▼ 75 | #29 of 39 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #200 of 531 | #28 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #164 of 480 | #8 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #263 of 480 | #35 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #307 of 513 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #143 of 311 | #14 of 26 |
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
463
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 463 | 30.3 | 15.3:1 | 68% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 29.6 | 15.3:1 | 77% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 33.2 | 14.8:1 | 72% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 77% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 35.6 | 15.4:1 | 62% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 83% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 81% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of ROGERS, Arkansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 463 students in pre-K through 5.
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 23 schools serve 15,688 students.
Hispanic students account for 72% of enrollment at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining students are 23% White and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Benton County is about 19% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Staffing totals 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 16.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Benton County is 31 points.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 34.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.7%.
Among Benton County residents, median household income is about $93,506, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Benton County, which together enroll about 57,071 students.
KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 42.7% versus a 46.9% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 465 in 2020-21 and 463 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
Other schools in ROGERS
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEElementary · 787 students
Other Jones Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Jones Elementary. JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 13.
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGDALE, AR · 464 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolBremen, GA · 750 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 662 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 553 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJones, OK · 553 students
Nearby schools
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 890
- ROGERS NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 640
- OLD WIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 481
- ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 523
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 505
- BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL1.3 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 23% White, 72% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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