Clara Byrd Baker Elementary

Set in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools. It educates 457 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 11,371 students. Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.9%; this one delivers 75.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for James City County put median household income runs about $109,985, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across James City County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,715 students), Clara Byrd Baker Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Jamestown High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clara Byrd Baker Elementary. On composite proficiency, Clara Byrd Baker Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 76.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.