J. Blaine Blayton Elementary

J. Blaine Blayton Elementary, an average-sized K-5 school in Williamsburg, Virginia, operated by Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, teaches 481 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

On demographics, J. Blaine Blayton Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, J. Blaine Blayton Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.2%; this one delivers 72.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (James City County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, James City County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,715 students), of which J. Blaine Blayton Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lois Hornsby Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J. Blaine Blayton Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J. Blaine Blayton Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 77.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. Blaine Blayton Elementary has fell 11%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 63% to 53%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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