Jamestown School-Lawn

Jamestown School-Lawn is one of the very small junior highs in Jamestown, Rhode Island, run under Jamestown, with 189 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 523 students per school, that is 64% smaller than typical.

Jamestown comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 396 students; Jamestown School-Lawn is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jamestown School-Lawn lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Jamestown School-Lawn tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Newport County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Newport County put the typical household earns roughly $103,514 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Newport County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,784 students), of which Jamestown School-Lawn is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jamestown School-Melrose, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Jamestown School-Lawn's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 219 (now 189).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.