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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001022
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 SOUTH POWELL STREET, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8865 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
441 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
15.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
19.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.5% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 15.1% |
% 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
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 (14.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 464 | 95.0% | 14.3% |
| PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 517 | 95.4% | 14.2% |
| BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 543 | 92.4% | 18.3% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
| LINDA CHILDERS KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 607 | 89.0% | 21.5% |
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 387 | 89.9% | 20.1% |
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 Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #427 of 461 | #33 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #395 of 465 ▲ 16 | #30 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #428 of 465 ▼ 2 | #33 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #198 of 531 | #23 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #306 of 480 | #10 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.1% | #166 of 480 | #18 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #148 of 513 | #3 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #78 of 311 | #5 of 20 |
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
464
+41 (+10%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 464 | 27.3 | 17.0:1 | 95% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 26.4 | 16.1:1 | 99% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 28.4 | 18.1:1 | 93% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 95% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 33.3 | 17.7:1 | 48% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 98% (612) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 96% (524) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 30 | 19.3:1 | 81% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
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 an elementary school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas, reachable at (479) 750-8865. There are 464 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 29 schools and 22,685 students.
Of every 100 students at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 61 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Pacific Islander and 13% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. The diversity index for JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.0 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. Of all students at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 95% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 58% for public schools in Washington County.
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 24.5% for a school in Arkansas with JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 14.3%.
In Washington County, median household income comes to about $70,639, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Washington County counts 76 public schools with about 42,451 students.
About 0.6 miles separate JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, THE EXCEL CENTER - SPRINGDALE. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 17.0:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other Jones Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Jones Elementary. JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 13.
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLROGERS, AR · 463 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
- THE EXCEL CENTER - SPRINGDALE0.6 mi · 76
- LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE0.7 mi · 450
- HAAS HALL ACADEMY JONES CENTER0.9 mi · 164
- PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 517
- J. O. KELLY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 663
- GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 13% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.