THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1800 FREYALDENHOVEN LN, in CONWAY, Arkansas, THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary campus that caters to 491 students (grades K through 4), part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 16 schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,212 students total), THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Faulkner County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Faulkner County put the typical household earns roughly $67,289 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Faulkner County (combined enrollment of about 18,977 students).

Nearest neighbor: BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 9%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 45% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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