Jones

Jones has three public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Jones Elementary School (553 students), Jones Middle School (237), and Jones High School (380). In 2025–2026, their All Grades averages were 28% in English Language Arts, 30% in math, and 27% in science, compared with state averages of 26%, 25%, and 30%. Because the schools serve different grades, All Grades results are a broad snapshot rather than a like-for-like comparison. The most important takeaway is that results vary substantially by school and subject, so the area-wide averages conceal very different school profiles.

Jones Elementary School stands out in ELA and math, with 34% and 42% proficient—8 and 17 percentage points above the state, respectively. Its third graders were especially strong: both ELA and math were 31 points above their grade-level state results. Jones Middle School leads in science at 39%, 9 points above the state; its eighth-grade math result was 21 points above the state. By contrast, Jones High School had the lowest All Grades math and science results, at 15% and 8%. Those were 10 and 22 points below the state, and 23 and 28 points below the other schools’ averages.

Recent trends are mixed: Elementary science rose 8 points to 33%, while its ELA and math slipped 1 and 4 points. Middle’s ELA, math, and science each declined, by 4, 2, and 3 points. High fell in all four reported subjects, including 11 points in science and 13 in U.S. History. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for High dropped from 74 to 34 between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while Elementary moved from 69 to 66 and Middle stayed at 63; High’s SchoolDigger rating also went from 4 stars to 2. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 51% at Elementary, 52% at Middle, and 44% at High; student-teacher ratios were 18.4, 16.0, and 20.4, respectively. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was below the state’s 16% at each school, while High’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 83%, above the state’s 78%.