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Enrollment
1,292
High
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361563001350
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
350 E 2ND ST, JAMESTOWN, NY 14701 · (716) 483-3470 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,292 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of New York public high schools
- B-Test 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 New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
976 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 417 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 266 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 296 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 27 | 2% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 72% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 56.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for New York 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 New York'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 HIGH SCHOOL
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,292 | 75.5% | 58.7% |
| ELMIRA HIGH SCHOOL ELMIRA | 1,273 | 67.2% | 40.7% |
| LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 670 | 76.9% | 48.5% |
| AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL AMSTERDAM | 1,192 | 72.5% | 36.5% |
| GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 669 | 71.6% | 42.5% |
| LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 1,377 | 62.3% | 69.2% |
Matched among New York high 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #572 of 1,135 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #640 of 1,109 ▼ 82 | #14 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #462 of 1,135 ▲ 54 | #4 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,292 | #150 of 1,216 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #734 of 1,058 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #326 of 1,070 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #490 of 1,167 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #599 of 743 | #11 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,292
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,407
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,292 | 105.8 | 12.2:1 | 76% (976) |
| 2023-24 | 1,354 | 100.6 | 13.5:1 | 81% (1,097) |
| 2022-23 | 1,315 | 97.7 | 13.5:1 | 80% (1,048) |
| 2020-21 | 1,294 | 91 | 14.2:1 | 69% (894) |
| 2017-18 | 1,362 | 102.5 | 13.3:1 | 61% (833) |
| 2015-16 | 1,354 | 98 | 13.8:1 | 67% (908) |
| 2010-11 | 1,459 | 104 | 14.0:1 | 51% (751) |
| 2000-01 | 1,553 | 119 | 13.1:1 | 21% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 1,407 | 94 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
About JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in JAMESTOWN, New York, according to federal school records. It has an enrollment of 1,292 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 4,370 students, and its 9 schools include JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
The largest group at JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 59%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Chautauqua County, the White share is about 86%. The diversity index for JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 105.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Chautauqua County is 57%.
Among New York public high schools, JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is 11.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 58.7%. Predicted: 47.2%.
In the wider Chautauqua County area, the median household earns about $58,351 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL shares Chautauqua County with 50 other public schools.
SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,294 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,292. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 455 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 419 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- PERSELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 373 students
Other schools in JAMESTOWN
- SOUTHWESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 455 students
- THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 419 students
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 377 students
- SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 376 students
Other Jamestown High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jamestown High. JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Jamestown HighWilliamsburg, VA · 1,243 students
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOLJamestown, ND · 722 students
Nearby schools
- SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 289
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 377
- CLINTON V BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 283
- MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 509
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 455
- CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,292 students in grades 09-12.
Is JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.2:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
At JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 59% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.