KINDERGARTEN CENTER

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in JONESBORO, Arkansas, KINDERGARTEN CENTER instructs 485 students from grade K, overseen by JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,762 students. KINDERGARTEN CENTER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, KINDERGARTEN CENTER logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, KINDERGARTEN CENTER has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at KINDERGARTEN CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Craighead County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Craighead County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,548, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Craighead County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), KINDERGARTEN CENTER is one campus in the mix.

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KINDERGARTEN CENTER.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. KINDERGARTEN CENTER's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 485). The White share of enrollment declined from 32% to 25% over that span.

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