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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Jamestown Middle this year?
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Enrollment
949
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370192000827
Jamestown Middle
301 Haynes Road, Jamestown, NC 27282 · (336) 819-2100 · Guilford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL949 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of North Carolina public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
946 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 287 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 334 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 35% |
Student demographics
73%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
52.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Middle
Jamestown Middle's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown Middle this school | 949 | 99.7% | 51.1% |
| Southwest Guilford Middle High Point | 1,032 | 99.7% | 48.7% |
| Mendenhall Middle Greensboro | 905 | 99.7% | 41.9% |
| Eastern Guilford Middle Gibsonville | 901 | 99.7% | 38.4% |
| H J MacDonald Middle New Bern | 632 | 99.2% | 54.3% |
| Clemmons Middle School Winston-Salem | 1,092 | 98.4% | 57.2% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Guilford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #237 of 463 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #249 of 461 | #7 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #187 of 463 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 949 | #53 of 478 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #281 of 456 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #15 of 456 | #1 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #12 of 472 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #135 of 300 | #4 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
949
+41 (+5%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 1,412
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 949 | 56.4 | 16.8:1 | 100% (946) |
| 2023-24 | 961 | 55 | 17.5:1 | 100% (958) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 51.9 | 18.1:1 | 69% (645) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 49% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 1,095 | 59.8 | 18.3:1 | 58% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 1,026 | 57 | 18.0:1 | 57% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 1,093 | 63 | 17.4:1 | 51% (553) |
| 2000-01 | 1,151 | 77 | 14.9:1 | 33% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 1,412 | 87 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jamestown Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,095 to 949); teachers down 6% (59.8 to 56.4).
About Jamestown Middle
Located in Jamestown, North Carolina, Jamestown Middle is a large middle school. The school had 949 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in North Carolina) has about 605 students.
Across its 123 schools, Guilford County Schools enrolls 68,535 students. Jamestown Middle is one of those schools.
At Jamestown Middle, the largest share of students is Black, at 41%. The remaining shares are 22% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Jamestown Middle's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Jamestown Middle was 16.8:1. On average, middle schools in North Carolina have 15.9:1, compared with 16.8:1 here. Jamestown Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. It compares with 89% for public schools in Guilford County.
Jamestown Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 53% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Jamestown Middle is 2.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 51.1%. Predicted: 48.4%.
Guilford County census figures show that the median household income is $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Guilford County is home to 143 public schools and about 79,539 public school students.
Haynes Inman Education Center is located about 0.2 miles from Jamestown Middle. The five-mile area around Jamestown Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Jamestown Middle ranks 4th on proficiency.
Jamestown Middle is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Jamestown Middle's enrollment climbed from 908 in 2020-21 to 949 in 2024-25.
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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
- College Prep and Leadership AcademyCombined · 890 students
- Jamestown ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Millis Road ElementaryElementary · 444 students
- GTCC Middle College HighHigh · 255 students
- Haynes Inman Education CenterCombined · 135 students
Other Jamestown Middle schools
One other US public school is named Jamestown Middle. Jamestown Middle is the largest of the 2.
- JAMESTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLJamestown, ND · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Haynes Inman Education Center0.2 mi · 135
- Lucy Ragsdale High0.6 mi · 1,292
- Millis Road Elementary0.7 mi · 444
- C Joyner Greene Education Center0.7 mi · 67
- GTCC Middle College High0.9 mi · 255
- College Prep and Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 890
Frequently asked questions
About Jamestown MiddleHow many students attend Jamestown Middle?
Jamestown Middle enrolls approximately 949 students in grades 06-08.
Is Jamestown Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jamestown Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Jamestown Middle?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Jamestown Middle.
How diverse is Jamestown Middle?
Jamestown Middle reports a student body of 22% White, 19% Hispanic, 41% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Jamestown Middle?
Jamestown Middle 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.