Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370204002159
Jonathan Valley Elementary
410 Hall Drive, Waynesville, NC 28785 · (828) 926-3207 · Haywood County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
331 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
49.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
66.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Jonathan Valley Elementary
Jonathan Valley Elementary's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Valley Elementary this school | 336 | 98.5% | 60.5% |
| Rosman Elementary Rosman | 344 | 99.1% | 63.9% |
| North Canton Elementary Canton | 332 | 98.8% | 66.3% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary Warrensville | 348 | 97.7% | 58.7% |
| North Brook Elementary Vale | 344 | 99.1% | 62.7% |
| Baton Elementary Granite Falls | 357 | 99.2% | 60.9% |
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 Jonathan Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Haywood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #484 of 1,297 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #442 of 1,296 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #649 of 1,300 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #1,098 of 1,485 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #448 of 1,377 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #1,335 of 1,379 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #830 of 1,414 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #243 of 937 | #2 of 6 |
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
336
-57 (-15%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 336 | 24.2 | 13.9:1 | 99% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 99% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 23.8 | 15.9:1 | 99% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 99% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 56% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 58% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 44% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 16 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonathan Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (429 to 336); teachers down 10% (27 to 24.2).
About Jonathan Valley Elementary
Jonathan Valley Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Waynesville, North Carolina. There are 336 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 28% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Jonathan Valley Elementary is one school in Haywood County Schools, a system of 15 schools with 6,476 students.
Of every 100 students at Jonathan Valley Elementary, about 87 are White. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Jonathan Valley Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Jonathan Valley Elementary comes to 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Haywood County.
Jonathan Valley Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Jonathan Valley Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 60.5% actual against 48.8% predicted.
In the wider Haywood County area, median household income comes to about $61,912, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Haywood County's 16 public schools enroll about 7,092 students and include Jonathan Valley Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Shining Rock Classical Academy, is about 2.6 miles. Within five miles are 6 other public schools. Jonathan Valley Elementary is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, Jonathan Valley Elementary is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 15%.
Jonathan Valley Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Haywood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,662
Census ACS
Median income
$61,912
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,092 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haywood County Schools
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Pisgah HighHigh · 859 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 537 students
- Clyde ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Waynesville
- Tuscola HighHigh · 873 students
- Waynesville MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Shining Rock Classical AcademyCombined · 616 students
- Hazelwood ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Junaluska ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- Bethel MiddleMiddle · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Shining Rock Classical Academy2.6 mi · 616
- Waynesville Middle3.7 mi · 727
- Hazelwood Elementary3.8 mi · 490
- Central Haywood High3.8 mi · 63
- Junaluska Elementary4.2 mi · 428
- Tuscola High4.5 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Jonathan Valley ElementaryHow large is Jonathan Valley Elementary?
Jonathan Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jonathan Valley Elementary serve?
Jonathan Valley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jonathan Valley Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Jonathan Valley Elementary.
How diverse is Jonathan Valley Elementary?
Jonathan Valley Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Jonathan Valley Elementary?
Jonathan Valley Elementary is overseen by Haywood County Schools in Haywood County.
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