UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 300 BOWLING LANE, in JONESBORO, Arkansas, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school that educates 446 students (grades pre-K through 2), one of the schools within NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,910 students; UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 26% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Craighead County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Craighead County shows median household income runs about $59,548, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Craighead County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 12%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 26% across the same window.

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