Jamestown Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Jamestown, Kentucky, Jamestown Elementary School works with 480 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Russell County.

Within Russell County, which oversees 5 schools and 3,024 students, Jamestown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Jamestown Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Jamestown Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jamestown Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Russell County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,738, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across Russell County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,024 students), Jamestown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Russell County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jamestown Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Jamestown Elementary School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 480).

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