Granville Wells Elementary School

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Jamestown, Indiana, Granville Wells Elementary School caters to 389 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Western Boone Co Com Sch Dist.

Granville Wells Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Western Boone Co Com Sch Dist, a district that serves 1,574 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Granville Wells Elementary School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Granville Wells Elementary School logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Granville Wells Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 58.2%, a residual of +12.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Boone County put the typical household earns roughly $111,250 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Boone County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,246 students), Granville Wells Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Western Boone Jr-Sr High School, around 6.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Granville Wells Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

Granville Wells Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Granville Wells Elementary School's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 389). Over the same period, the White share declined from 96% to 91%. Class-load math has tightened: from 31.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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