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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

East Jones Elementary, Laurel, MS

East Jones Elementary is a public elementary school in Laurel, part of Jones County School District. It enrolled 794 students in 2024-25, with 13.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
794
Teachers (FTE)
60.0
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.3. The Mississippi average across schools is 14.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.2
District13.3
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
108 Northeast Drive, Laurel, MS 39443
Phone
(601)425-9799
District
Jones County School District
County
Jones County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
280228000985
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
511
Reduced-price lunch
80
Free or reduced-price lunch
59174.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
182Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jones County School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Laurel

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.