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What's the one class at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES every student should take?
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Enrollment
567
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050306000879
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES
500 SE 14TH STREET, BENTONVILLE, AR 72712 · (479) 254-5930 · Benton County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
241 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 24% larger than its 4th grade class (104).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
55.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +13.5pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +21.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 39.9% |
% 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES this school | 567 | 42.5% | 50.6% |
| JOHN P. WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 514 | 50.0% | 58.9% |
| LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE | 377 | 41.9% | 52.6% |
| R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTONVILLE | 309 | 38.2% | 54.0% |
| LISA ACADEMY ROGERS-BENTONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROGERS | 393 | 44.3% | 58.3% |
| COLLEGEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRYANT AR | 503 | 50.3% | 53.5% |
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 THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #76 of 461 | #20 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #44 of 465 ▲ 148 | #16 of 39 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #47 of 465 ▲ 98 | #17 of 39 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #97 of 531 | #16 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #319 of 480 | #25 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #11 of 480 | #2 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #458 of 513 | #24 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #206 of 311 | #19 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
567
+118 (+26%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 567 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 43% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 28.1 | 16.7:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 48% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 47% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 39.8 | 15.8:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 50% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 52% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES.
About THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 567 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 24 schools with a combined 19,575 students. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is one of them.
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 46%. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. By comparison, Benton County residents are about 60% White. The chance that two students picked at random at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.2:1, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, lower than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 43% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is A-. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is 6.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 50.6%. Predicted: 44.0%.
Federal survey data for Benton County show that median household income is about $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is among the 88 public schools in Benton County.
RUTH BARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 449 in 2020-21 and 567 in 2024-25, a gain of 118 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- CENTERTON GAMBLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 725 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Other schools in BENTONVILLE
- ARKANSAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY HIGHCombined · 4,575 students
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,579 students
- BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,661 students
- GRIMSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- LINCOLN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 718 students
Nearby schools
- RUTH BARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 530
- BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 3,579
- HAAS HALL BENTONVILLE0.9 mi · 433
- OLD HIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 618
- R.E. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 309
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE1.4 mi · 787
Frequently asked questions
About THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONESHow many students attend THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES?
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES enrolls approximately 567 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES serve?
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES?
The student-to-teacher ratio at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is approximately 17.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES?
Student demographics at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES are roughly 46% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES in?
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is part of BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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