Jamesville Elementary

Set in Jamesville, North Carolina, Jamesville Elementary is an intimate elementary-level community, part of Martin County Schools. It enrolls 217 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Jamesville Elementary sits 54% below that benchmark.

Jamesville Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Martin County Schools, a district that instructs 3,382 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Jamesville Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Black, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Jamesville Elementary ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 48.7%; Jamesville Elementary posts 67.4%, +18.7 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Martin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $48,578 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Jamesville Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Martin County (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students).

The closest other public school is NERSBA Early College, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Jamesville Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 229 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 26% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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