North Jones Elementary School

As a high-enrollment primary school in Laurel, Mississippi, North Jones Elementary School works with 854 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Jones County School District. That puts it 91% above the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 446 students.

Across the 9 schools in Jones County School District (8,693 students total), North Jones Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, North Jones Elementary School shows that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Jones Elementary School reports 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at North Jones Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Jones Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Jones County shows median household earnings sit near $52,216, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Jones County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,313 students), of which North Jones Elementary School is one.

Laurel High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around North Jones Elementary School. On composite proficiency, North Jones Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 843 students in 2018 compared to 854 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 45% to 38%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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