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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Clara Byrd Baker Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSBURG-JAMES CITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510402002170
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary
3131 Ironbound Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185 · (757) 221-0949 · James City County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
205 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 76.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 →
Where Clara Byrd Baker Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In James City County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #429 of 1,101 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #525 of 1,111 | #7 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #497 of 1,111 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #684 of 1,176 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #75 of 1,105 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #438 of 1,106 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #814 of 1,157 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #268 of 759 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
457
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
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 | 457 | 41.5 | 11.0:1 | 45% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 42.5 | 11.7:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 43.5 | 11.7:1 | 48% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 36.2 | 15.1:1 | 45% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 35% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 32% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 18% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 717 | 41 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clara Byrd Baker Elementary.
About Clara Byrd Baker Elementary
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Williamsburg, Virginia. The school has 457 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is run by Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, whose 16 schools enroll 11,371 students.
About 54% of the student body at Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is White. Other groups make up 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 73% of James City County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Teacher count: 41.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.0:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 45%. The figure for public schools in James City County is close, at 44%.
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.4%, compared with a predicted 75.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is James City County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $109,985, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,715, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary among them.
About 1.3 miles separate Clara Byrd Baker Elementary from the closest public school, Jamestown High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
A 3% drop took enrollment from 472 in 2020-21 to 457 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.9:1 to 11.0:1.
On allk12, people connected to Clara Byrd Baker Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
James City County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,013
Census ACS
Median income
$109,985
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
9,715 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Toano MiddleMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
Nearby schools
- Jamestown High1.3 mi · 1,243
- Laurel Lane Elementary1.8 mi · 526
- Berkeley Middle2.3 mi · 666
- Matoaka Elementary3.4 mi · 595
- James Blair Middle3.7 mi · 505
- Matthew Whaley Elementary3.8 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Clara Byrd Baker ElementaryHow many students attend Clara Byrd Baker Elementary?
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clara Byrd Baker Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Clara Byrd Baker Elementary have?
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Clara Byrd Baker Elementary?
Student demographics at Clara Byrd Baker Elementary are roughly 54% White, 14% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Clara Byrd Baker Elementary in?
Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.