Schools · Jonesboro
Jonesboro, AR schools
Jonesboro’s public schools score well below Arkansas’s averages: 28% of students are proficient in reading against 36.8% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.6%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 2, then one of 8 schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Jonesboro’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Jonesboro’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
CTest scoresB-Graduation
Arkansas school districts we grade (258)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arkansas towns with similar household incomes (265)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 5,934 tested students and a graduating class of 456; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arkansas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arkansas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arkansas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Jonesboro kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Nettleton)24%
State average 36.8%
Reading (grades PK–6, Jonesboro Public Schools)28%
State average 36.8%
Math (Nettleton)21%
State average 36.2%
Math (grades PK–6, Jonesboro Public Schools)28%
State average 36.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
AR: 88.6%
Graduating class
456
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Jonesboro
Nettleton School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,910 students
$13,490 per studentAR $13,585CJonesboro Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 11 schools · 6,762 students
$12,862 per studentAR $13,585C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 29 schools in Jonesboro
Showing 1–29 of 29 schools
VALLEY VIEW INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · Grades 3–6 · 933 students
APublicVISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNETElementary · Grades 1–6 · 731 students
BPublicVALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–2 · 668 students
PublicINTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNETElementary · Grades 1–6 · 636 students
A-PublicHEALTH WELLNESS & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAGNETElementary · Grades 1–6 · 633 students
B-PublicMATH & SCIENCE MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–6 · 499 students
DPublicLEADERSHIP MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · Grades 1–6 · 492 students
DPublicUNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SCHOOL OF MEDICAL ARTSElementary · Grades 3–6 · 491 students
C-PublicKINDERGARTEN CENTERElementary · Grades K · 485 students
PublicUNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–2 · 446 students
PublicFOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIAElementary · Grades 3–6 · 440 students
DPublicFOX MEADOW ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–2 · 394 students
PublicNETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATEElementary · Grades 3–6 · 313 students
CPublicNETTLETON STEAM ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–2 · 206 students
PublicDOUGLAS MACARTHUR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 7–9 · 765 students
CPublicANNIE CAMP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 7–9 · 701 students
CPublicVALLEY VIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 7–9 · 699 students
APublicNETTLETON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 566 students
CPublicTHE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 7–12 · 1,505 students
C-PublicNETTLETON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,054 students
DPublicVALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · Grades 9–12 · 675 students
B+PublicNORTHEAST ARKANSAS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTERHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicEARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTERPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 315 students
PublicALL SAINTS LUTHERAN SCHOOL
PrivateBLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC SCHOOL
PrivateMIRACLE KIDS SUCCESS ACADEMY
PrivateMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF JONESBORO
PrivateRIDGEFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
PrivateTHE ACADEMY OF TLC
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.