NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in JONESBORO, Arkansas, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school, overseen by NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 566 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,910 students. NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Craighead County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.7%, the actual is 20.5%, a residual of -11.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Craighead County shows median household income runs about $59,548, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Craighead County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 24.1%.

NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has grew 13%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 42% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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