John W Jones Elementary

Set in Wilson, North Carolina, John W Jones Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Wilson County Schools. It caters to 601 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 467.

John W Jones Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Wilson County Schools, a district that enrolls 10,451 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John W Jones Elementary logs that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, John W Jones Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at John W Jones Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John W Jones 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 52.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Wilson County shows median household income runs about $56,423, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Wilson County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,482 students), John W Jones Elementary is one campus in the mix.

James Hunt High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John W Jones Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John W Jones Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. John W Jones Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 601). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 58% to 53%.

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