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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the JONES FINE ARTS / DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY administration to hear?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870013254
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy
2001 VAN BUREN DR, ARLINGTON, TX 76011 · (682) 867-3580 · Tarrant County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
221 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy→Gunn Junior High School
Based on grade levels within ARLINGTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 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 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 32.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy this school | 435 | 50.8% | 45.6% |
| Solar Prep for Boys at John F Kennedy DALLAS | 449 | 49.4% | 55.9% |
| North Hi Mount Elementary School FORT WORTH | 386 | 52.1% | 47.0% |
| Fine Arts Academy of Olympia UNIVERSAL CITY | 458 | 54.1% | 49.1% |
| Bay Colony Elementary School DICKINSON | 509 | 55.2% | 58.5% |
| Prestonwood Montessori at E D Walker DALLAS | 410 | 57.8% | 46.1% |
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 Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,880 of 4,401 | #114 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,302 of 4,466 ▼ 1,214 | #225 of 339 ▼ 95 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,491 of 4,466 ▼ 16 | #93 of 339 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,512 of 3,998 | #108 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #3,173 of 4,938 | #244 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #292 of 4,622 | #18 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #1,277 of 4,628 | #172 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #3,551 of 4,789 | #255 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #2,009 of 2,838 | #176 of 242 |
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
435
-115 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 435 | 36.8 | 11.8:1 | 51% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 36.4 | 12.0:1 | 54% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 35.6 | 11.7:1 | 54% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 58% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 62% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 69 | 4 | 17.3:1 | 67% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (484 to 435); teachers up 5% (35 to 36.8).
About Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy is an elementary school with a street address in ARLINGTON, Texas. Its 435 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy sits within ARLINGTON ISD, which has 75 schools and 53,394 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy, with 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White, 16% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 30% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy counts 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 51% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 63% for public schools in Tarrant County.
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy scores 45.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.0%.
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
Premier H S of South Irving is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 21% from its 2020-21 level of 550. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.4:1 to 11.8:1.
The Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Nearby schools
- Premier H S of South Irving0.3 mi · 18
- Premier H S of Arlington0.3 mi · 176
- Texasworks - Irving0.3 mi · 30
- Butler Elementary School0.7 mi · 610
- Uplift Summit Prep PS0.8 mi · 688
- Uplift Summit Prep High School0.8 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language AcademyHow many students attend Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy?
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy enrolls approximately 435 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy is approximately 11.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy?
At Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy, the student body is approximately 24% White, 55% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy in?
Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy is part of ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.