THELMA JONES EL

THELMA JONES EL is an elementary campus of intimate scale in ARLINGTON, Texas, overseen by MANSFIELD ISD, serveing 423 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 47 schools in MANSFIELD ISD (35,354 students total), THELMA JONES EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, THELMA JONES EL records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, THELMA JONES EL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting THELMA JONES EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THELMA JONES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which THELMA JONES EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MANSFIELD TIMBERVIEW H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THELMA JONES EL. On composite proficiency, THELMA JONES EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

THELMA JONES EL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THELMA JONES EL has ticked down 11%, going from 475 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 22% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the THELMA JONES EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.