Is Jonesboro Elementary School a good school?

Jonesboro Elementary School ranks 267 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Jonesboro Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 325 students attended Jonesboro Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Jonesboro Elementary School?

Students at Jonesboro Elementary School are 94% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Jonesboro Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Jonesboro Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Anna-Jonesboro High School

Jonesboro Elementary School

Summary:

Jonesboro Elementary School is a public school serving grades PK-8 in Jonesboro, Illinois, with 341 students. The school is part of the County of Union School District No43, which is ranked 92 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating.

Jonesboro Elementary School has seen fluctuating performance over the years, but it currently stands out as a high-performing school. The school consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 71.7% compared to the state's 41.2%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate was 45.2% compared to the state's 28.4%. The school's performance is particularly strong in certain grade levels, such as 6th grade ELA (84.6% proficient) and 4th grade Mathematics (88.3% proficient). Additionally, Jonesboro Elementary School excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, such as its male students and low socioeconomic status students.

Compared to nearby schools, Jonesboro Elementary School outperforms most in academic performance, with higher proficiency rates in both ELA and Mathematics. For instance, in the 2023-2024 school year, Jonesboro's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 62.5%, compared to 12.5% at Egyptian Elementary School, 5.3% at Century Elementary School, and 10.5% at Shawnee Elementary School. However, some nearby schools, such as Unity Point Elementary School, also demonstrate strong academic performance.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

309 Cook Ave
Jonesboro, IL 62952-1118

(618) 833-5148

District: County of Union School District No43

SchoolDigger Rank:
267^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,369

Students who attend Jonesboro Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Anna-Jonesboro High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.0

Number of students: 325

Racial breakdown:

White:

93.8%

Two or more races:

3.7%

Hispanic:

2.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Jonesboro Elementary School ranks better than 87.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.33. (See more...)

Compare Details Jonesboro Elementary School ranks better than 88% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.54. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (93.8%), two or more races (3.7%), Hispanic (2.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jonesboro Elementary School is 12. (See more...)

Compare Jonesboro Elementary School employs 27 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jonesboro Elementary School is $16,369.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Jonesboro Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Jonesboro Elementary School 267^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Jonesboro Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Jonesboro Elementary School 163^rd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Jonesboro Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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County of Union School District No43:

SchoolDigger ranks County of Union School District No43 92^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Jonesboro Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	52.94	1156^th	2020	42.8%
2004	55.74	1104^th	2030	45.6%
2005	68.89	712^th	2022	64.8%
2006	63.03	956^th	2086	54.2%
2007	61.16	999^th	2095	52.3%
2008	59.87	1042^nd	2092	50.2%
2009	51.45	1243^rd	2120	41.4%
2010	61.31	1016^th	2139	52.5%
2011	57.41	1120^th	2147	47.8%
2012	52.14	1242^nd	2166	42.7%
2013	43.23	1324^th	2167	38.9%
2014	45.64	1193^rd	2093	43.0%
2015	39.45	1141^st	2052	44.4%
2016	47.13	1003^rd	2046	51.0%
2017	59.53	758^th	2044	62.9%
2018	57.07	817^th	2037	59.9%
2019	67.80	616^th	2086	70.5%
2022	61.43	729^th	2082	65.0%
2023	66.88	612^th	2077	70.5%
2024	85.33	267^th	2067	87.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	53.09	249^th	763	67.4%
2019	80.03	130^th	1194	89.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.25	724^th	1765	59.0%
2019	64.55	466^th	1816	74.3%
2022	66.08	404^th	1763	77.1%
2023	64.18	468^th	1808	74.1%
2024	93.93	40^th	1793	97.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	53.41	843^rd	1964	57.1%
2019	64.08	664^th	2019	67.1%
2022	50.78	855^th	1970	56.6%
2023	58.26	720^th	1957	63.2%
2024	72.30	475^th	1942	75.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	60.59	700^th	1972	64.5%
2019	69.25	543^rd	2019	73.1%
2022	70.76	493^rd	1977	75.1%
2023	70.45	519^th	1984	73.8%
2024	92.81	126^th	1959	93.6%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	38.43	924^th	1463	36.8%
2019	50.22	732^nd	1462	49.9%
2022	46.48	755^th	1425	47.0%
2023	53.62	640^th	1419	54.9%
2024	73.76	296^th	1392	78.7%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Jonesboro Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	47.22	711^th	1185	40.0%
2004	51.54	683^rd	1204	43.3%
2005	84.42	142^nd	1209	88.3%
2006	66.38	464^th	1272	63.5%
2007	54.09	701^st	1287	45.5%
2008	68.76	442^nd	1293	65.8%
2009	73.08	349^th	1318	73.5%
2010	69.71	435^th	1327	67.2%
2011	73.53	335^th	1344	75.1%
2012	69.90	415^th	1365	69.6%
2013	54.32	636^th	1367	53.5%
2014	54.35	621^st	1322	53.0%
2015	54.93	490^th	1302	62.4%
2016	68.55	337^th	1294	74.0%
2017	57.17	487^th	1293	62.3%
2018	61.75	432^nd	1293	66.6%
2019	79.78	229^th	1356	83.1%
2022	76.52	263^rd	1369	80.8%
2023	67.07	364^th	1367	73.4%
2024	85.54	163^rd	1363	88.0%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	82.94	47^th	602	92.2%
2019	96.59	18^th	792	97.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	72.80	209^th	1161	82.0%
2019	88.17	58^th	1217	95.2%
2022	79.33	125^th	1221	89.8%
2023	59.57	374^th	1234	69.7%
2024	89.23	56^th	1219	95.4%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.25	385^th	1226	68.6%
2019	84.24	155^th	1276	87.9%
2022	72.46	286^th	1286	77.8%
2023	66.85	348^th	1275	72.7%
2024	82.64	171^st	1251	86.3%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	57.10	457^th	1223	62.6%
2019	71.10	305^th	1296	76.5%
2022	78.58	204^th	1286	84.1%
2023	64.21	367^th	1292	71.6%
2024	85.71	139^th	1264	89.0%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Jonesboro Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.79	517^th	889	41.8%
2019	57.45	355^th	905	60.8%
2022	62.28	291^st	898	67.6%
2023	53.26	371^st	895	58.5%
2024	73.25	185^th	875	78.9%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Jonesboro Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	405	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	406
1990	392	n/a	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	395
1991	453	0	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	458
1992	465	0	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	469
1993	480	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	481
1994	460	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	461
1995	457	1	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	464
1996	457	1	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	464
1997	455	0	1	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	460
1998	460	0	1	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	471
1999	506	0	4	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	518
2000	483	1	2	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	492
2001	450	3	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	459
2002	461	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	461
2003	461	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	461
2004	433	5	2	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	454
2005	473	5	1	12	1	n/a	n/a	0	492
2006	464	3	1	4	1	n/a	n/a	4	477
2007	449	3	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	1	462
2008	413	3	2	15	1	n/a	n/a	2	436
2009	380	3	3	7	0	n/a	n/a	2	395
2010	378	1	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	5	396
2011	364	1	2	10	1	0	15	0	393
2012	412	1	2	13	4	0	7	0	439
2013	407	2	3	16	3	0	9	0	440
2014	423	2	4	18	1	0	8	0	456
2015	443	2	4	17	1	0	9	0	476
2016	433	2	4	16	1	0	8	0	464
2017	415	4	1	14	1	0	12	0	447
2018	425	3	1	19	1	0	4	0	453
2019	370	5	2	20	0	0	3	0	400
2020	379	1	1	20	0	0	2	0	403
2021	325	0	0	18	0	0	6	0	349
2022	321	0	0	13	0	1	8	0	343
2023	323	0	0	7	0	1	10	0	341
2024	305	0	0	7	0	1	12	0	325

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Jonesboro Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	406	25.3	16.0	n/a
1990	395	27.5	14.3	n/a
1991	458	32.9	13.9	n/a
1992	469	32.7	14.3	n/a
1993	481	32.9	14.6	n/a
1994	461	32.9	14.0	n/a
1995	464	34.5	13.4	n/a
1996	464	34.5	13.4	n/a
1997	460	36.0	12.8	n/a
1998	471	37.0	12.7	n/a
1999	518	37.0	14.0	n/a
2000	492	37.5	13.1	n/a
2001	459	38.0	12.1	n/a
2002	461	36.0	12.8	40.3
2003	461	36.0	12.8	40.3
2004	454	34.6	13.1	50.4
2005	492	34.0	14.5	54.5
2006	477	33.7	14.2	46.7
2007	462	37.0	12.5	43.4
2008	436	32.0	13.6	49.1
2009	395	32.0	12.3	56.5
2010	396	33.0	12.0	62.4
2011	393	22.0	17.8	59.5
2012	439	23.2	18.8	47.4
2013	440	n/a	n/a	49.8
2014	456	28.3	16.0	53.5
2015	476	30.0	15.8	54.2
2016	464	6.0	77.3	56.5
2017	447	31.5	14.1	57
2018	453	31.8	14.2	49.4
2019	400	30.8	12.9	56
2020	403	30.0	13.4	44.9
2021	349	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	343	31.0	11.0	38.5
2023	341	28.0	12.1	48.4
2024	325	27.0	12.0	50.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Jonesboro Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	406	25.3	16.0	n/a
1990	395	27.5	14.3	n/a
1991	458	32.9	13.9	n/a
1992	469	32.7	14.3	n/a
1993	481	32.9	14.6	n/a
1994	461	32.9	14.0	n/a
1995	464	34.5	13.4	n/a
1996	464	34.5	13.4	n/a
1997	460	36.0	12.8	n/a
1998	471	37.0	12.7	n/a
1999	518	37.0	14.0	n/a
2000	492	37.5	13.1	n/a
2001	459	38.0	12.1	n/a
2002	461	36.0	12.8	40.3
2003	461	36.0	12.8	40.3
2004	454	34.6	13.1	50.4
2005	492	34.0	14.5	54.5
2006	477	33.7	14.2	46.7
2007	462	37.0	12.5	43.4
2008	436	32.0	13.6	49.1
2009	395	32.0	12.3	56.5
2010	396	33.0	12.0	62.4
2011	393	22.0	17.8	59.5
2012	439	23.2	18.8	47.4
2013	440	n/a	n/a	49.8
2014	456	28.3	16.0	53.5
2015	476	30.0	15.8	54.2
2016	464	6.0	77.3	56.5
2017	447	31.5	14.1	57
2018	453	31.8	14.2	49.4
2019	400	30.8	12.9	56
2020	403	30.0	13.4	44.9
2021	349	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	343	31.0	11.0	38.5
2023	341	28.0	12.1	48.4
2024	325	27.0	12.0	50.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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