📍 7650 S Watson Rd, Arlington, Tarrant County, 76002
Thelma Jones el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arlington, Tarrant County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mico Rhines. It is part of the Mansfield Isd school district. It serves grades K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Thelma Jones el enrolls 404 students across grades K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 182 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 25% |
| Asian | 54 | 13% |
| White | 41 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 404 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 221 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thelma Jones el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 TX-60, state senate district 22, state house district 101.
Thelma Jones el is one of 47 schools in MANSFIELD ISD, based in MANSFIELD, Texas. The district serves 35,354 students district-wide and employs 2,406 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 404 students, Thelma Jones el is smaller than the district average of about 752 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large