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E A JONES EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About E A JONES EL
Located at 302 MARTIN LN, in MISSOURI CITY, Texas, E A JONES EL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that educates 536 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by FORT BEND ISD.
FORT BEND ISD comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 79,663 students; E A JONES EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, E A JONES EL reports that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 40% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
On the resource side, On paper, E A JONES EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting E A JONES EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Fort Bend County's rate of about 42%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, E A JONES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 34.1%.
In the surrounding community, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which E A JONES EL is one.
MISSOURI CITY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, E A JONES EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at E A JONES EL has shrank 19%, going from 661 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 48% to 40% across the same window.
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