Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLADSTONE AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 261597001669
James T Jones Elementary School
400 S 10TH ST, GLADSTONE, MI 49837 · (906) 428-3660 · Delta County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
110 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 55%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
34.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
-17 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 21.9:1
% White
86%
was 92%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,813
Census ACS
Median income
$57,809
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gladstone Area Schools
- Gladstone Area High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Gladstone Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 346 students
- Cameron Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Other schools in GLADSTONE
- Gladstone Area High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Gladstone Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 346 students
- Cameron Elementary SchoolElementary · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Gladstone Area Middle School0.1 mi · 346
- Cameron Elementary School1.7 mi · 321
- Gladstone Area High School2.6 mi · 472
- Learning Center5.1 mi · 74
- Bay Pines Center5.6 mi · 29
- Webster Kindergarten Center6.2 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About James T Jones Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James T Jones Elementary School?
James T Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does James T Jones Elementary School serve?
James T Jones Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at James T Jones Elementary School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at James T Jones Elementary School.
How diverse is James T Jones Elementary School?
James T Jones Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is James T Jones Elementary School public or private?
James T Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gladstone Area Schools.
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