Jones Elementary

Summary:

Jones Elementary is a public elementary school in Tyler, Texas, serving 345 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Tyler Independent School District, which is ranked 501 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating.

Academically, Jones Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas elementary schools, with below-average performance on STAAR tests, particularly in mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, only 10.81% of 3rd-grade students at Jones Elementary were proficient or better in STAAR Mathematics, compared to 37.16% for the district and 40.86% for the state. However, the school performs better in certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and English Language Learner students. Jones Elementary has a relatively high per-student spending of around $11,000 and a low student-teacher ratio of 14:1.

Compared to nearby schools in the Tyler ISD, such as Orr Elementary, Bonner Elementary, and Griffin Elementary, Jones Elementary generally performs worse on academic measures. However, the school's magnet counterparts, Birdwell School and Caldwell Arts Academy, significantly outperform Jones Elementary. Additionally, Jones Elementary, along with several other nearby schools, has a very high percentage of students from low-income families, which likely contributes to the academic challenges faced by the school.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 3450 Chandler Hwy
       Tyler, TX  75702


(903) 262-2360

District: Tyler Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
3155th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,101 Help


Students who attend Jones Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Three Lakes Middle
High:    Tyler Legacy High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  345

Racial breakdown:

African American:
47.2%
Hispanic:
43.2%
White:
7.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Jones Elementary ranks worse than 67.5% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 10th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the Tyler Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.46. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (47.2%), Hispanic (43.2%), White (7.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Jones Elementary is 14, which is the 4th best among 17 elementary schools in the Tyler Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Jones Elementary is $11,101, which is the 2nd highest among 17 elementary schools in the Tyler Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger Rankings:

Jones Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Tyler Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Tyler Independent School District (Isd) 501st of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Jones Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 47.98 2124th 3465 38.7%
2005 50.74 2000th 3475 42.4%
2006 57.28 1669th 3476 52.0%
2007 53.65 2032nd 3724 45.4%
2008 34.12 2939th 3768 22.0%
2009 13.41 3703rd 3884 4.7%
2010 35.25 3057th 3937 22.4%
2011 6.54 4027th 4095 1.7%
2012 11.82 4061st 4206 3.4%
2013 8.89 4113th 4221 2.6%
2014 7.49 4175th 4260 2.0%
2015 20.10 3763rd 4320 12.9%
2016 8.95 4110th 4286 4.1%
2017 11.45 4148th 4329 4.2%
2018 14.08 4099th 4359 6.0%
2019 11.68 4289th 4479 4.2%
2021 43.61 2371st 4578 48.2%
2022 29.53 3392nd 4581 26.0%
2023 42.67 2620th 4647 43.6%
2024 34.46 3155th 4675 32.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.94 2521st 3226 21.9%
2019 31.99 2560th 3333 23.2%
2021 48.70 1535th 3446 55.5%
2022 46.65 1841st 3487 47.2%
2023 50.16 1670th 3556 53.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.22 2904th 3558 18.4%
2022 20.21 3667th 3952 7.2%
2023 18.79 3835th 4086 6.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.74 3849th 4264 9.7%
2019 15.27 4133rd 4309 4.1%
2021 59.84 1408th 4451 68.4%
2022 44.92 2497th 4477 44.2%
2023 51.30 2098th 4521 53.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.39 3964th 4306 7.9%
2019 11.49 4217th 4348 3.0%
2021 34.96 2866th 4499 36.3%
2022 21.08 3951st 4561 13.4%
2023 40.35 2766th 4588 39.7%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.02 3720th 4240 12.3%
2019 20.59 3951st 4295 8.0%
2021 37.52 2760th 4331 36.3%
2022 17.44 4180th 4461 6.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.27 4094th 4319 5.2%
2019 16.52 4016th 4357 7.8%
2021 56.87 1649th 4498 63.3%
2022 42.23 2615th 4563 42.7%
2023 44.15 2502nd 4585 45.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.14 1989th 2483 19.9%
2019 21.92 2247th 2515 10.7%
2021 53.15 942nd 2444 61.5%
2022 44.49 1287th 2421 46.8%
2023 56.17 872nd 2443 64.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Jones Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.18 3742nd 4168 10.2%
2019 27.94 3405th 4188 18.7%
2021 62.13 1257th 4329 71.0%
2022 50.26 2070th 4376 52.7%
2023 59.43 1509th 4401 65.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, 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.

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Enrollment information for Jones Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 49 191 3 18 n/a n/a n/a 0 261
1989 40 196 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 245
1990 50 211 1 8 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1991 44 259 1 18 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1992 48 282 1 27 0 n/a n/a 0 358
1993 62 268 2 36 0 n/a n/a 0 368
1994 41 204 3 35 2 n/a n/a 0 285
1995 39 226 1 49 0 n/a n/a 0 315
1996 39 226 1 49 0 n/a n/a 0 315
1997 45 191 1 58 0 n/a n/a 0 295
1998 47 217 1 61 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1999 24 202 1 42 0 n/a n/a 0 269
2000 26 229 0 55 0 n/a n/a 0 310
2001 26 216 1 50 0 n/a n/a 0 293
2002 34 191 0 64 2 n/a n/a 0 291
2003 34 191 0 64 2 n/a n/a 0 291
2004 12 197 0 74 1 n/a n/a 0 284
2005 17 191 0 89 1 n/a n/a 0 298
2006 25 190 0 104 3 n/a n/a 0 322
2007 23 178 0 97 0 n/a n/a 0 298
2008 14 176 0 98 0 n/a n/a 0 288
2009 14 167 0 109 0 n/a n/a 0 290
2010 18 201 2 92 0 n/a n/a 0 313
2011 21 205 2 95 0 0 2 0 325
2012 16 203 1 110 0 0 5 0 335
2013 28 205 1 112 0 0 12 0 358
2014 19 206 0 116 1 0 6 0 348
2015 23 183 0 144 0 0 10 0 360
2016 21 193 1 151 0 0 5 0 371
2017 26 172 3 156 0 0 8 0 365
2018 29 150 1 144 0 0 3 0 327
2019 30 172 1 142 0 0 3 0 348
2020 31 200 2 154 1 0 4 0 392
2021 21 181 1 148 2 0 3 0 356
2022 36 190 2 139 1 0 0 0 368
2023 26 163 2 149 0 0 5 0 345

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 Jones Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 261 15.0 17.4 n/a
1989 245 n/a n/a n/a
1990 270 18.0 15.0 n/a
1991 322 18.2 17.6 n/a
1992 358 22.4 15.9 54.7
1993 368 23.0 16.0 72.8
1994 285 22.6 12.6 66.7
1995 315 23.6 13.3 73
1996 315 23.6 13.3 73
1997 295 23.4 12.6 62.7
1998 326 24.4 13.4 74.8
1999 269 24.6 10.9 61
2000 310 23.0 13.5 68.4
2001 293 24.1 12.2 71.7
2002 291 22.2 13.1 78
2003 291 22.2 13.1 78
2004 284 23.7 12.0 78.5
2005 298 25.9 11.5 78.5
2006 322 25.9 12.4 82.3
2007 298 24.7 12.1 80.5
2008 288 23.4 12.3 79.2
2009 290 23.9 12.1 85.5
2010 313 24.6 12.6 86.9
2011 325 26.9 12.0 87.4
2012 335 26.0 12.8 91.9
2013 358 25.9 13.7 88
2014 348 27.9 12.4 86.2
2015 360 27.0 13.3 84.2
2016 371 27.0 13.7 85.4
2017 365 24.0 15.2 67.7
2018 327 19.0 17.2 90.5
2019 348 22.1 15.7 89.9
2020 392 24.3 16.1 87.2
2021 356 25.3 14.0 91
2022 368 25.5 14.4 89.1
2023 345 24.5 14.0 91.6

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 Jones Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 261 15.0 17.4 n/a
1989 245 n/a n/a n/a
1990 270 18.0 15.0 n/a
1991 322 18.2 17.6 n/a
1992 358 22.4 15.9 54.7
1993 368 23.0 16.0 72.8
1994 285 22.6 12.6 66.7
1995 315 23.6 13.3 73
1996 315 23.6 13.3 73
1997 295 23.4 12.6 62.7
1998 326 24.4 13.4 74.8
1999 269 24.6 10.9 61
2000 310 23.0 13.5 68.4
2001 293 24.1 12.2 71.7
2002 291 22.2 13.1 78
2003 291 22.2 13.1 78
2004 284 23.7 12.0 78.5
2005 298 25.9 11.5 78.5
2006 322 25.9 12.4 82.3
2007 298 24.7 12.1 80.5
2008 288 23.4 12.3 79.2
2009 290 23.9 12.1 85.5
2010 313 24.6 12.6 86.9
2011 325 26.9 12.0 87.4
2012 335 26.0 12.8 91.9
2013 358 25.9 13.7 88
2014 348 27.9 12.4 86.2
2015 360 27.0 13.3 84.2
2016 371 27.0 13.7 85.4
2017 365 24.0 15.2 67.7
2018 327 19.0 17.2 90.5
2019 348 22.1 15.7 89.9
2020 392 24.3 16.1 87.2
2021 356 25.3 14.0 91
2022 368 25.5 14.4 89.1
2023 345 24.5 14.0 91.6

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Jones Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,659 (16.4%) $8,437 (83.6%) $10,096
2020 $1,583 (16.7%) $7,883 (83.3%) $9,466
2021 $1,958 (17.6%) $9,142 (82.4%) $11,101

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Jones Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 4289th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2620th of 4647 Elementary schools
 39.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Jones Elementary)2047
 27%
   3rd Grade Reading (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))3445
 11%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Jones Elementary)3328
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))4142
 1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Jones Elementary)1738
 21%
   4th Grade Reading (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))3843
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Jones Elementary)2137
 16%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))4348
 5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
5th Grade Reading (Jones Elementary)2256
 34%
   5th Grade Reading (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))4554
 9%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Jones Elementary)3450
 16%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))5745
 12%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Jones Elementary)2936
 7%
   5th Grade Science (Tyler Independent School District (Isd))4229
 13%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students348345
 0.9%
African American172163
 5.2%
American Indian00
Asian12
 100%
Hispanic142149
 4.9%
Pacific Islander00
White3026
 13.3%
Two or More Races35
 66.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients89.9%91.6%
 1.7%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 345 students attended Jones Elementary.

Students who attend Jones Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Three Lakes Middle
High : Tyler Legacy High School

Students at Jones Elementary are 47% African American, 43% Hispanic, 8% White, 1% Two or more races.

Jones Elementary ranks 3155th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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