Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUDSONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 261884005565
Jamestown Upper Elementary School
3291 LINCOLN CT, JAMESTOWN, MI 49427 · (616) 896-9375 · Ottawa County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Michigan public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
61 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 108 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 31% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hudsonville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
72.4%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Jamestown Upper Elementary School
Jamestown Upper Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Upper Elementary School this school | 327 | 18.7% | 65.7% |
| Meridian Elementary School GROSSE ILE | 313 | 17.3% | 61.7% |
| Paris Ridge Elementary CALEDONIA | 303 | 16.2% | 73.9% |
| Valley View Elementary School ROCKFORD | 336 | 15.5% | 75.1% |
| Pembroke Elementary School TROY | 324 | 14.8% | 67.8% |
| Emmons Lake Elementary School CALEDONIA | 377 | 19.4% | 75.5% |
Matched among Michigan elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jamestown Upper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #116 of 1,085 | #14 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #69 of 1,072 | #9 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #62 of 1,139 | #9 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #980 of 1,630 | #32 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,026 of 1,424 | #48 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #914 of 1,424 | #41 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #1,405 of 1,563 | #49 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #393 of 440 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
327
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 201
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 327 | 18.9 | 17.3:1 | 19% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 19.4 | 16.6:1 | 27% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 19.4 | 16.4:1 | 18% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 17 | 19.2:1 | 20% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 15.1 | 21.3:1 | 20% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 24% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 30% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 11 | 22.1:1 | 22% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 201 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jamestown Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (322 to 327); teachers up 25% (15.1 to 18.9).
About Jamestown Upper Elementary School
Jamestown Upper Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Michigan, with an address in JAMESTOWN. The school counts 327 students across grades 3 through 5.
Hudsonville Public School District serves 6,654 students across 12 schools.
White students are the large majority at Jamestown Upper Elementary School, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White, within a few points of the school. Jamestown Upper Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Jamestown Upper Elementary School total 18.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 61 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 19%. The 34% average for public schools in Ottawa County is 15 points higher.
Jamestown Upper Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of Michigan public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Jamestown Upper Elementary School is 7.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Census estimates describe Ottawa County this way: median household income is about $90,502, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 103 public schools in Ottawa County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,894.
The closest public school to Jamestown Upper Elementary School is Riley Street Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Jamestown Upper Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Jamestown Upper Elementary School was 326 in 2020-21 and 327 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.
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Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
301,203
Census ACS
Median income
$90,502
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
103
42,894 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hudsonville Public School District
- Hudsonville High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Riley Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
- 56 Building at GeorgetownMiddle · 626 students
- Baldwin Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Georgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Alward Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Riley Street Middle School0.2 mi · 688
- Jamestown Lower Elementary School0.3 mi · 289
- Forest Grove Elementary School2.3 mi · 254
- Hudsonville High School2.4 mi · 1,995
- South Elementary School2.6 mi · 391
- Park Elemementary School3.2 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Jamestown Upper Elementary SchoolHow large is Jamestown Upper Elementary School?
Jamestown Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Jamestown Upper Elementary School serve?
Jamestown Upper Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jamestown Upper Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jamestown Upper Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jamestown Upper Elementary School?
Jamestown Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jamestown Upper Elementary School in?
Jamestown Upper Elementary School is part of Hudsonville Public School District.
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