Jonesboro, AR
Kids in Jonesboro
Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.
- Public-school students
- 24,449
- NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
- Pupil–teacher ratio
- 14.1
- 1,738 teachers across 12 districts and 50 schools.
- Districts / schools
- 12 / 50
- Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.
- Bedrooms you set
- 1
- A household this size usually wants a studio.
- Childcare in this setup
- $0
- No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
- Leftover with current kids
- $2,365
- After tax, rent and everything else.
Largest public school districts
The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Jonesboro metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.
- JONESBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT
Jonesboro
- Students
- 6,762
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.8
- NETTLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Jonesboro
- Students
- 3,910
- Schools
- 8
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.1
- BROOKLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
BROOKLAND
- Students
- 3,213
- Schools
- 5
- Pupil–teacher
- 15
- VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT
Jonesboro
- Students
- 2,975
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.2
- WESTSIDE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Craighead)
JONESBORO
- Students
- 1,817
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 14.1
- TRUMANN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trumann
- Students
- 1,507
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 15.3
- HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
HARRISBURG
- Students
- 1,070
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
- RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT
LAKE CITY
- Students
- 789
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 10.9
- BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
MONETTE
- Students
- 720
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.2
- EAST POINSETT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
LEPANTO
- Students
- 599
- Schools
- 3
- Pupil–teacher
- 12.4
- BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Bay
- Students
- 550
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 11.4
- MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Marked Tree
- Students
- 537
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 13.2
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.
Public schools by level
- Primary
- 29
- Elementary grades
- Middle
- 8
- Middle or junior high
- High
- 13
- Secondary grades
- Other
- 0
- K–12, ungraded, alternative
50 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.
Where the Jonesboro metro sits
Roughly the core of the Jonesboro, AR metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
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If this were a family of four
Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Jonesboro would be $331 a month, with $1,027 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →
Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.