James T Jones Elementary School

James T Jones Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in GLADSTONE, Michigan, one of the schools within Gladstone Area Schools, caters to 355 students, covering grades 3 through 5.

Gladstone Area Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,494 students; James T Jones Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, James T Jones Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest breaks down as 10% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Delta County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, James T Jones Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.5%; James T Jones Elementary School posts 36.6%, -16.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Delta County put median household earnings sit near $57,809, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. James T Jones Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,382 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gladstone Area Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around James T Jones Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. James T Jones Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 355). White enrollment moved from 92% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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