Jonesboro Elem School

Jonesboro Elem School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Jonesboro, Illinois, operated by County of Union Sch Dist No43. Current enrollment sits at 338 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Jonesboro Elem School is a school of County of Union Sch Dist No43, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Jonesboro Elem School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 46% of students at Jonesboro Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jonesboro Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.9%; actual is 64.8%, +20.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Union County) records that median household income runs about $55,728, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Jonesboro Elem School is one of 18 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 2,478 students).

Anna-Jonesboro High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jonesboro Elem School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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