Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT AIRY CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370321001338
Jones Intermediate
2170 Riverside Drive, Mount Airy, NC 27030 · (336) 786-4131 · Surry County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
336 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 118 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 29% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Airy City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
56.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Jones Intermediate
Jones Intermediate's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Intermediate this school | 339 | 99.1% | 54.5% |
| B. Everett Jordan Elementary Graham | 338 | 98.5% | 36.0% |
| Chapel Grove Elementary Gastonia | 382 | 99.2% | 46.4% |
| Plain View Elementary Dunn | 362 | 99.2% | 57.2% |
| Hasty Elementary Thomasville | 385 | 99.2% | 70.1% |
| GE Massey Elementary Lincolnton | 370 | 99.2% | 44.9% |
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 Jones Intermediate ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Surry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #681 of 1,297 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #721 of 1,296 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #679 of 1,300 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,084 of 1,485 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #356 of 1,377 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #630 of 1,379 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #578 of 1,414 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #491 of 937 | #5 of 10 |
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
339
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 24.5 | 13.8:1 | 99% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 25.3 | 13.5:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 51% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 22.5 | 17.2:1 | 68% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 65% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 23 | 14.8:1 | 60% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 47% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jones Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (388 to 339); teachers up 11% (22.5 to 25).
About Jones Intermediate
Jones Intermediate is a public elementary school in Mount Airy, North Carolina. It teaches 339 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll about 467 students on average.
Mount Airy City Schools is the district for Jones Intermediate. It has 4 schools and 1,786 students.
Federal enrollment data show Jones Intermediate is 53% White. Next come 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 84% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
There are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 1.3 students per teacher. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Jones Intermediate lands at B-, ahead of 50% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Jones Intermediate is +6.0 points: 54.5% actual, 48.6% predicted.
For the population of Surry County, median household income comes to about $55,656, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Surry County's 30 public schools enroll about 11,139 students and include Jones Intermediate.
Millennium Charter Academy, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Jones Intermediate ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Jones Intermediate is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Jones Intermediate enrolled 347; in 2024-25, 339.
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Surry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,425
Census ACS
Median income
$55,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
11,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Airy City Schools
- Mount Airy HighHigh · 620 students
- Bruce H. Tharrington PrimaryElementary · 432 students
- Mount Airy MiddleMiddle · 395 students
Other schools in Mount Airy
- North Surry HighHigh · 792 students
- Millennium Charter AcademyCombined · 628 students
- Mount Airy HighHigh · 620 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Bruce H. Tharrington PrimaryElementary · 432 students
- Mount Airy MiddleMiddle · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Millennium Charter Academy1.0 mi · 628
- Flat Rock Elementary1.5 mi · 217
- Mount Airy High1.9 mi · 620
- Mount Airy Middle2.2 mi · 395
- Bruce H. Tharrington Primary2.7 mi · 432
- Franklin Elementary3.6 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Jones IntermediateHow large is Jones Intermediate?
Jones Intermediate enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 03-05.
Is Jones Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jones Intermediate is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Jones Intermediate?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Jones Intermediate.
How diverse is Jones Intermediate?
Jones Intermediate reports a student body of 53% White, 30% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Jones Intermediate?
Jones Intermediate is overseen by Mount Airy City Schools in Surry County.
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