THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL

THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of high-enrollment scale in JONESBORO, Arkansas, part of JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 1,505 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 195% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,762 students; THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Craighead County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Craighead County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,548, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Craighead County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,275 (now 1,505). White enrollment moved from 41% to 35% across the same window.

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