NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE

NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE is a K-5 school of cozy scale in JONESBORO, Arkansas, one of the schools within NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 313 students in grades 3 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 418.

NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE is one of 8 schools operated by NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 3,910 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE shows that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 25.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Craighead County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,548, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Craighead County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the mix.

NETTLETON STEAM ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE has fell 15%, going from 370 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.