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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000826
Jamestown Elementary
108 Potter Drive, Jamestown, NC 27282 · (336) 819-2110 · Guilford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of North Carolina public elementary 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
450 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
49.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Elementary
Jamestown Elementary's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Elementary this school | 453 | 99.3% | 57.0% |
| Pilot Elementary Greensboro | 556 | 99.5% | 49.1% |
| Oak View Elementary High Point | 491 | 99.4% | 33.3% |
| Irving Park Elementary Greensboro | 541 | 99.4% | 49.7% |
| Millis Road Elementary Jamestown | 444 | 99.3% | 60.5% |
| Tanglewood Elementary Lumberton | 355 | 99.2% | 60.6% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #600 of 1,297 | #21 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #636 of 1,296 | #21 of 64 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #630 of 1,300 | #25 of 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #740 of 1,485 | #44 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #956 of 1,377 | #57 of 72 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #163 of 1,379 | #7 of 72 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #352 of 1,414 | #34 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #313 of 369 | #15 of 19 |
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
453
+56 (+14%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 453 | 28.7 | 15.8:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 30.3 | 14.1:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 32.1 | 13.7:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 98% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 25.7 | 17.2:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 67% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 64% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jamestown Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (441 to 453); teachers up 12% (25.7 to 28.7).
About Jamestown Elementary
Jamestown Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Jamestown, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 453 students.
A total of 123 schools make up Guilford County Schools, with 68,535 students enrolled.
Black students make up 45% of enrollment at Jamestown Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Guilford County overall, about 34% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Jamestown Elementary are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The school has 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.8:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. Federal data show 99% of students (450) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County is 10 points.
Jamestown Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 58% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jamestown Elementary is +8.5 points: 57.0% actual, 48.5% predicted.
The school is in Guilford County, where median household income comes to about $68,642, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Guilford County counts 143 public schools with about 79,539 students.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, GTCC Middle College High, is the closest to Jamestown Elementary. Jamestown Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 57.0% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 56 students, from 397 to 453. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 15.8:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Jamestown Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Guilford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
547,940
Census ACS
Median income
$68,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
79,539 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Guilford County Schools
- Northwest Guilford HighHigh · 2,055 students
- Grimsley HighHigh · 1,967 students
- Page HighHigh · 1,648 students
- Southwest Guilford HighHigh · 1,547 students
- James B Dudley HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Ben L. Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Other schools in Jamestown
- Lucy Ragsdale HighHigh · 1,292 students
- Jamestown MiddleMiddle · 949 students
- College Prep and Leadership AcademyCombined · 890 students
- Millis Road ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- GTCC Middle College HighHigh · 255 students
- Haynes Inman Education CenterCombined · 135 students
Other Jamestown Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Jamestown Elementary. Jamestown Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Jamestown Elementary SchoolJamestown, KY · 480 students
- Jamestown ElementaryArlington, VA · 456 students
- Jamestown ElementaryJamestown, CA · 409 students
- Jamestown Elementary SchoolHephzibah, GA · 327 students
- JAMESTOWN ELEM.FLORISSANT, MO · 314 students
Nearby schools
- GTCC Middle College High1.3 mi · 255
- Lucy Ragsdale High1.3 mi · 1,292
- C Joyner Greene Education Center1.4 mi · 67
- Millis Road Elementary1.6 mi · 444
- Haynes Inman Education Center1.6 mi · 135
- Jamestown Middle1.7 mi · 949
Frequently asked questions
About Jamestown ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jamestown Elementary?
Jamestown Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Jamestown Elementary serve?
Jamestown Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jamestown Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jamestown Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jamestown Elementary?
At Jamestown Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 45% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Jamestown Elementary?
Jamestown Elementary is overseen by Guilford County Schools in Guilford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.