Theron Jones Early Literacy Center

Size

Of the 8 elementary schools in Texarkana ISD, Theron Jones Early Literacy Center is the 7th largest, with 4.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.3 miles away and have a median of 389 students, so Theron Jones Early Literacy Center is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 2 with 113 students, and its smallest is grade 1 with 107, against an average of 110 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 109 in kindergarten and 113 in grade 2.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 78.1% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texarkana ISD (43.3%). Hispanic students are next, at 12.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

97.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75% across Texarkana ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Theron Jones Early Literacy Center has 34.57 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 329 students would have about 22.2 teachers, so Theron Jones Early Literacy Center has 12.4 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Westlawn Elementary School, 0.8 miles away in the same district. There are 11 elementary schools within 5 miles and 13 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.