WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in JONESBORO, Arkansas, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an expansive elementary campus, part of WESTSIDE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Craighead). It instructs 756 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 81% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

WESTSIDE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Craighead) runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,817 students. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Craighead County (around 67%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.6%; this one delivers 41.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Craighead County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,548 per year, 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 WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WESTSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 704 students in 2018 compared to 756 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.