Joseph Gomez Elementary School

Joseph Gomez Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, overseen by Saint Thomas - Saint John School District. The school caters to 492 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Saint Thomas - Saint John School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,265 students. Joseph Gomez Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Joseph Gomez Elementary School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Black; the rest comes out to 9% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Joseph Gomez Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

The closest other public school is Yvonne E. Milliner-Bowsky Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Joseph Gomez Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Joseph Gomez Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.