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JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Jonesboro, Arkansas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

6,762
Students enrolled
11
Public schools
429
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 315
  • Kindergarten 485
  • Grade 1 515
  • Grade 2 529
  • Grade 3 525
  • Grade 4 465
  • Grade 5 471
  • Grade 6 486
  • Grade 7 502
  • Grade 8 486
  • Grade 9 492
  • Grade 10 519
  • Grade 11 519
  • Grade 12 452
  • Ungraded 1

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 47%
  • White 31%
  • Hispanic/Latino 16%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 6,759 of 6,762 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 100%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,862 spent per student on day-to-day operations Arkansas median: $13,778 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,200
  • Support services $4,720
  • Other (food service, etc.) $942

Where the money comes from

  • Local 28%
  • State 49%
  • Federal 23%

Total revenue $101.5 milliontotal spending $107.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 93% city, 7% rural

Total staff (FTE)

852

District office

2506 SOUTHWEST SQUARE, Jonesboro AR 72401

County

Craighead County

Official website

NCES District ID

508280

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About JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Jonesboro School District has served Jonesboro and Northeast Arkansas for over 100 years with all schools fully accredited by the State of Arkansas and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. As the only AAAAAA school district in Craighead County, the Jonesboro School District offers a broad and deep curriculum that challenges the college bound and at the same time offers opportunities for all students to reach higher levels of success
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