James Y Joyner Elementary

James Y Joyner Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina, operated by Guilford County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 41% leaner than typical.

Within Guilford County Schools, which oversees 123 schools and 68,535 students, James Y Joyner Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, James Y Joyner Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting James Y Joyner Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at James Y Joyner Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), James Y Joyner Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 55.7%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Across the wider county, Guilford County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), James Y Joyner Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mendenhall Middle, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, James Y Joyner Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

James Y Joyner Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. James Y Joyner Elementary's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 274). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 28% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the James Y Joyner Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.