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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051044000875
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
4208 CHIEFTAIN LANE, JONESBORO, AR 72404 · (870) 910-7819 · Craighead County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Arkansas public middle schools
- C-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
419 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 292 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 48% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
17.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.2% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 14.8% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 566 | 74.0% | 24.5% |
| WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL EL DORADO | 581 | 67.1% | 31.2% |
| ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 401 | 73.6% | 38.5% |
| BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL EL DORADO | 540 | 65.4% | 39.4% |
| MAUMELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MAUMELLE | 498 | 58.8% | 18.7% |
| MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY MARION | 287 | 75.3% | 20.0% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #168 of 207 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #180 of 208 ▲ 8 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #185 of 208 ▲ 4 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #68 of 217 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #25 of 188 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #36 of 188 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #75 of 210 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #20 of 61 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
566
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 566 | 49.8 | 11.4:1 | 74% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 47.5 | 12.1:1 | 100% (572) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 41.9 | 13.1:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 100% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 38.5 | 13.0:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 66% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 51% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 64 | 8.4:1 | 23% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in JONESBORO, Arkansas. Classes run from 7 through 8, and the school has 566 students. Against the 464-student average for middle schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 22% higher.
NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT (8 schools, 3,910 students) runs NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
Black students account for 55% of enrollment at NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Other groups include 25% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 17% Black. By the diversity index, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 62%.
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Arkansas average 13.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 74%.
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 32.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.5%.
Within Craighead County, median household income is about $59,548, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Craighead County number 37 and enroll about 20,332.
NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 566 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 538. Students per teacher fell from 14.2 in 2020-21 to 11.4 in 2024-25.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,054 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTSElementary · 491 students
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIAElementary · 440 students
- FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 394 students
- NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATEElementary · 313 students
Other schools in JONESBORO
- THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,505 students
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,054 students
- VALLEY VIEW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 765 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 756 students
- VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNETElementary · 731 students
Other Nettleton Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Nettleton Junior High. NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Nettleton Junior HighNettleton, MS · 243 students
Nearby schools
- NETTLETON HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,054
- NETTLETON STEAM ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 206
- NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE0.5 mi · 313
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTS2.3 mi · 491
- FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA2.4 mi · 440
- FOX MEADOW ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 07-08.
Is NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
NETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.