VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET

As a sprawling primary school in JONESBORO, Arkansas, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET enrolls 731 students from grades 1 through 6, operated by JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET sits 75% above that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,762 students total), VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET logs that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Craighead County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.3%; VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET posts 40.5%, +18.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Craighead County put median household income runs about $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), VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 25.1%.

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 697 (now 731). White enrollment moved from 37% to 43% across the same window.

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