Jonesboro Elementary School

Jonesboro Elementary School is one of the rural-scale K-5 schools in Jonesboro, Maine, part of Jonesboro Public Schools, with 54 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 76% smaller than the typical public school in Maine, which averages around 229 students.

Operationally, Jonesboro Elementary School answers to Jonesboro Public Schools, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jonesboro Elementary School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $56,024 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Washington County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,703 students), of which Jonesboro Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Daniel W Merritt School, around 6.0 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Jonesboro Elementary School's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 54). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 98% to 93%.

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