Jonesboro Elementary School
125 Owen Ave
Bessemer AL, 35020, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-432-3400
Ranking: 
(426 out of 1,064, top 40%)*
(426 out of 1,064, top 40%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Bessemer City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 56 | 66 | 62 | 59 | 49 | 55 | 53 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 745 | 921 | 977 | 984 | 923 | 877 | 836 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 112 | 15.0% | 142 | 15.4% | 135 | 13.8% | 133 | 13.5% | 135 | 14.6% | 109 | 12.4% | 123 | 14.7% |
| Grade 1: | 131 | 17.6% | 130 | 14.1% | 138 | 14.1% | 146 | 14.8% | 115 | 12.5% | 125 | 14.3% | 122 | 14.6% |
| Grade 2: | 123 | 16.5% | 129 | 14.0% | 155 | 15.9% | 127 | 12.9% | 138 | 15.0% | 130 | 14.8% | 128 | 15.3% |
| Grade 3: | 123 | 16.5% | 144 | 15.6% | 124 | 12.7% | 152 | 15.4% | 125 | 13.5% | 137 | 15.6% | 116 | 13.9% |
| Grade 4: | 141 | 18.9% | 128 | 13.9% | 150 | 15.4% | 145 | 14.7% | 139 | 15.1% | 123 | 14.0% | 128 | 15.3% |
| Grade 5: | 115 | 15.4% | 134 | 14.5% | 131 | 13.4% | 141 | 14.3% | 136 | 14.7% | 136 | 15.5% | 107 | 12.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 377 | 50.6% | 464 | 50.4% | 468 | 47.9% | 489 | 49.7% | 461 | 49.9% | 446 | 50.9% | 426 | 51.0% |
| Female: | 368 | 49.4% | 457 | 49.6% | 509 | 52.1% | 495 | 50.3% | 454 | 49.2% | 423 | 48.2% | 406 | 48.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic: | 27 | 3.6% | 26 | 2.8% | 33 | 3.4% | 26 | 2.6% | 19 | 2.1% | 25 | 2.9% | 19 | 2.3% |
| Black: | 703 | 94.4% | 873 | 94.8% | 922 | 94.4% | 929 | 94.4% | 875 | 94.8% | 816 | 93.0% | 774 | 92.6% |
| White: | 11 | 1.5% | 21 | 2.3% | 20 | 2.0% | 25 | 2.5% | 27 | 2.9% | 34 | 3.9% | 42 | 5.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 3 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 615 | 82.6% | 788 | 85.6% | 864 | 88.4% | 823 | 83.6% | 726 | 78.7% | 720 | 82.1% | 669 | 80.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 11 | 1.5% | 27 | 2.9% | 11 | 1.1% | 15 | 1.5% | 29 | 3.1% | 46 | 5.2% | 59 | 7.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.42 | 13.95 | 15.78 | 16.71 | 18.84 | 15.70 | 15.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.5% | 27.6% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.6% | 33.7% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.7% | 33.2% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.63% | 35.52% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.81% | 33.24% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 46% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 52.6% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 57.2% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 66.98% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.64% | 70.99% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 32.3% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.9% | 36.4% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 43.7% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.71% | 40.19% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.89% | 48.29% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.1% | 34.6% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 38.2% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.7% | 35.8% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.71% | 33.02% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.84% | 40.06% | 40.59% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 57.7% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 60.1% | 77.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 73.85% | 77.41% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.13% | 72.37% | 77.69% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.89% | 70.16% | 79.37% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.57% | 68.61% | 80.13% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.24% | 68.08% | 83.7% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.37% | 77.43% | 85.23% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75% | 63% | 81% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 70.1% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.04% | 79.05% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.28% | 83.11% | 85.35% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.73% | 79.3% | 85.83% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.57% | 76.6% | 86.59% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.38% | 72.75% | 86.82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.06% | 86.28% | 88.18% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 50.7% | 71.9% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 59% | 56.9% | 74% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 67% | 77.9% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 67.64% | 78.31% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.79% | 83.93% | 78.93% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.38% | 76.54% | 79.12% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.94% | 82.14% | 81.26% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.21% | 80.21% | 82.42% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.72% | 77.3% | 85.24% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 56.5% | 76.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 66.2% | 83.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 75.4% | 84.4% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.07% | 79.24% | 85.01% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 82.61% | 86.09% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.82% | 81.06% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.67% | 82.41% | 86.69% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.11% | 80.49% | 87.93% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.02% | 80.47% | 88.16% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 67% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 65.7% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.95% | 74.67% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.57% | 71.17% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.35% | 76.11% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.69% | 77.59% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.39% | 87.43% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 88.19% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 64.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 62.2% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 71.52% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.37% | 74.01% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.34% | 74.02% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.69% | 76.19% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.03% | 83.01% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 77.57% | 88.88% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 75.7% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 73.13% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.03% | 70.06% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.76% | 73.23% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.12% | 80.58% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 71.35% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.89% | 74.93% | 77.16% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 78.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.73% | 81.52% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.54% | 84.71% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.58% | 86.46% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 94.62% | 85.67% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.61% | 78.05% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.86% | 86.9% | 88.35% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.98% | 56.69% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.41% | 60% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.57% | 54.29% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.15% | 75.08% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.24% | 71.04% | 80.09% |
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* Jonesboro Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.