Jamestown El Sch

As an one-room-style elementary campus in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, Jamestown El Sch serves 171 students from grades K through 6, operated by Jamestown Area SD. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 2 schools in Jamestown Area SD (343 students total), Jamestown El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jamestown El Sch lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Crawford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Jamestown El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 107% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Crawford County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, Crawford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,476 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Jamestown El Sch is one of 26 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 9,156 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jamestown Area JSHS, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 171 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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