VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a sizable K-5 school in JONESBORO, Arkansas, operated by VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 668 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,975 students overall.

Looking at the student body, VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder is composed of 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Craighead County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Craighead County's rate of about 67%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Craighead County shows median household earnings sit near $59,548, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Craighead County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,332 students), of which VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 668 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 81%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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