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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANSFIELD ISD·NCES 482892009480
Thelma Jones Elementary School
7650 S WATSON RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76002 · (817) 299-6940 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
14.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
260 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 35.0% | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Thelma Jones Elementary School
Thelma Jones Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thelma Jones Elementary School this school | 423 | 61.5% | 50.0% |
| Louise Cabaniss Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 445 | 55.7% | 58.6% |
| Janet Brockett Elementary School ARLINGTON | 398 | 66.8% | 45.9% |
| Rasor Elementary School PLANO | 351 | 62.4% | 26.8% |
| Dorothy Martinez Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 541 | 61.6% | 25.3% |
| Landry Elementary School IRVING | 474 | 58.4% | 39.1% |
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 Thelma Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,431 of 4,401 | #86 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,594 of 4,466 ▲ 241 | #95 of 339 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,539 of 4,466 ▼ 151 | #175 of 339 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #913 of 3,998 | #88 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #3,299 of 4,938 | #255 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,875 of 4,622 | #142 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #616 of 4,628 | #100 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #3,047 of 4,789 | #220 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #1,955 of 2,838 | #172 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
423
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 423 | 29.4 | 14.4:1 | 61% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 31.3 | 13.8:1 | 67% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 30.2 | 13.4:1 | 63% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 54% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 32.9 | 14.4:1 | 56% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 53% (282) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 48% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thelma Jones Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (475 to 423); teachers down 11% (32.9 to 29.4).
About Thelma Jones Elementary School
Students in ARLINGTON, Texas, attend Thelma Jones Elementary School, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 423 students in pre-K through 4.
MANSFIELD ISD is the district for Thelma Jones Elementary School. It has 47 schools and 35,354 students.
At Thelma Jones Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 48%. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. Among people living in Tarrant County, the Black share is about 18%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
There are 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Thelma Jones Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.4:1. The school's 14.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. By family income, 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Tarrant County average a similar 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Thelma Jones Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 61% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Thelma Jones Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.0%; the prediction is 47.4%.
Looking at the county, Tarrant County, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Thelma Jones Elementary School, Tarrant County has 639 public schools.
Tccse Early College H S at Timberview is the nearest public school to Thelma Jones Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Thelma Jones Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Thelma Jones Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Thelma Jones Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 427 to 423.
This page is set up for the Thelma Jones Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 MANSFIELD ISD
- Mansfield Lake Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,751 students
- Mansfield Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,568 students
- Mansfield High SchoolHigh · 2,552 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Mansfield Summit High SchoolHigh · 1,772 students
- Charlene McKinzey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,043 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
- Tccse Early College H S at Timberview0.3 mi · 277
- Mansfield Timberview High School0.3 mi · 1,788
- Louise Cabaniss Academy0.5 mi · 445
- Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School0.7 mi · 749
- Imogene Gideon Elementary School1.1 mi · 340
- Della Icenhower Intermediate School1.1 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About Thelma Jones Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Thelma Jones Elementary School?
Thelma Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Thelma Jones Elementary School serve?
Thelma Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Thelma Jones Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Thelma Jones Elementary School.
How diverse is Thelma Jones Elementary School?
Thelma Jones Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 22% Hispanic, 48% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Thelma Jones Elementary School public or private?
Thelma Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANSFIELD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.