WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit K-5 school in Jamestown, North Dakota, one of the schools within JAMESTOWN 1, enrolls 97 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

JAMESTOWN 1 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,032 students. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 18% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Stutsman County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Stutsman County shows median household earnings sit near $61,856, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Stutsman County (combined enrollment of about 2,531 students).

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 108 (now 97). Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 9% to 18%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 6.2:1 in 2025.

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