CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an intimate elementary campus in JAMESTOWN, New York, CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 373 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,370 students. CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chautauqua County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 32.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate median household income runs about $58,351, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students).

GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 11%, going from 419 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 25% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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