Jamestown Elementary

Set in Jamestown, North Carolina, Jamestown Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, run under Guilford County Schools. It works with 453 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Jamestown Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Jamestown Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Guilford County's rate of about 89%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jamestown Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 57.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Guilford County indicate median household income runs about $68,642, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Guilford County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), of which Jamestown Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is GTCC Middle College High, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jamestown Elementary. On composite proficiency, Jamestown Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

Jamestown Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 23% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.