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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057003443
Jones Elementary School
4919 SHADYLANE DR, MIDLAND, TX 79703 · (432) 240-7200 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
376 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 72 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 20.0% | 31.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 41.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jones Elementary School
Jones Elementary School's state test result (22.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Elementary School this school | 483 | 77.8% | 22.7% |
| L B Johnson Elementary School ODESSA | 475 | 77.9% | 39.1% |
| Birdville Elementary School HALTOM CITY | 479 | 78.9% | 39.5% |
| Smith STEM Academy VICTORIA | 447 | 79.2% | 33.5% |
| Calallen East Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 470 | 77.0% | N/A |
| L A Gililland Elementary School FORT WORTH | 503 | 75.0% | 34.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #4,169 of 4,401 | #27 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,364 of 4,466 ▲ 783 | #21 of 27 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,005 of 4,466 ▲ 282 | #22 of 27 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,015 of 3,998 | #14 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #2,698 of 4,938 | #25 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,414 of 4,622 | #5 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #3,083 of 4,628 | #23 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #2,101 of 4,789 | #9 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.5% | #265 of 1,307 | #4 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
483
+137 (+40%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 483 | 29.9 | 16.2:1 | 78% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 23.4 | 19.6:1 | 77% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 27.7 | 16.2:1 | 69% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 64% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 24.7 | 15.1:1 | 55% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 56% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 40% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 34 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (373 to 483); teachers up 21% (24.7 to 29.9).
About Jones Elementary School
The public elementary school Jones Elementary School is located in MIDLAND, Texas. Enrollment is 483 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6.
MIDLAND ISD is responsible for 40 schools, Jones Elementary School included, with 29,651 students in all.
Roughly 76% of students at Jones Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Midland County, the Hispanic share is about 46%. Jones Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%. The average for public schools in Midland County is 57%.
Jones Elementary School scores 17.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 22.7% actual versus 40.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Midland County show that the median household income is $92,874, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 52 public schools in Midland County, enrolling about 35,119 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Henderson Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Jones Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 33.9%, higher than Jones Elementary School's 22.7%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment at Jones Elementary School climbed 40% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 346 to 483 students. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other Jones Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Jones Elementary. Jones Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 13.
- Jones Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 662 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 520 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 355 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolBremen, GA · 750 students
- Jones Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Henderson Elementary School0.6 mi · 633
- Classical Academy - Permian Basin0.8 mi · 218
- Long Elementary School0.9 mi · 575
- Premier H S of Midland0.9 mi · 162
- Alamo Junior High School1.1 mi · 786
- Barbara Yarbrough Elementary School1.1 mi · 691
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jones Elementary School?
Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Jones Elementary School serve?
Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Jones Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Jones Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Jones Elementary School?
Student demographics at Jones Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 76% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jones Elementary School in?
Jones Elementary School is part of MIDLAND ISD.
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