THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES

Set in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, run under BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 567 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 19,575 students. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 42.6%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Benton County put the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES is one of 88 public schools in Benton County (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students).

RUTH BARKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MARY MAE JONES has decreased 10%, going from 627 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 27% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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