Enrollment
337
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONESBORO ISD·NCES 482490002779
JONESBORO SCHOOL
14909 E ST HWY 36, JONESBORO, TX 76538 · (254) 463-2111 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
24 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
185 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
337
+15 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.5:1
% White
89%
was 87%
% Hispanic
7%
was 11%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JONESBORO SCHOOL
As an intimate combined-grade school in JONESBORO, Texas, JONESBORO SCHOOL educates 337 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by JONESBORO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 485.
JONESBORO SCHOOL sits inside JONESBORO ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, JONESBORO SCHOOL logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, JONESBORO SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.9%; JONESBORO SCHOOL posts 30.9%, -19.0 points below that line.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,219 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Hamilton County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,787 students), JONESBORO SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CRANFILLS GAP SCHOOL, roughly 11.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, JONESBORO SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 322 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 11% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for JONESBORO SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,406
Census ACS
Median income
$58,219
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,787 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- CRANFILLS GAP SCHOOL11.1 mi · 116
- HAMILTON J H15.4 mi · 194
- ANN WHITNEY EL15.4 mi · 382
- HAMILTON H S15.4 mi · 247
- GATESVILLE EL15.8 mi · 606
- GATESVILLE H S15.9 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About JONESBORO SCHOOLHow many students attend JONESBORO SCHOOL?
JONESBORO SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does JONESBORO SCHOOL serve?
JONESBORO SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does JONESBORO SCHOOL have?
JONESBORO SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is JONESBORO SCHOOL?
JONESBORO SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees JONESBORO SCHOOL?
JONESBORO SCHOOL is overseen by JONESBORO ISD in Hamilton County.
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