📍 1834 Hwy 91 W, Jonesboro, Craighead County, 72404
Westside Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jonesboro, Craighead County. The school has 759 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kelli Murray. It is part of the Westside Cons. School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
Westside Elementary School enrolls 759 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 708 | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
422 of the school's 759 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Westside Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.
Westside Elementary School is one of 3 schools in WESTSIDE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Craighead), based in JONESBORO, Arkansas. The district serves 1,817 students district-wide and employs 126 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 759 students, Westside Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 606 students per school.
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