NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools NY

Best-Resourced Schools in Jamestown, NY

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12 public K-12 schools in Jamestown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
5,600
Students
34.7/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Jamestown has more public-school enrollment than 60% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Jamestown's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Jamestown's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Jamestown's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 24th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 97th percentile. The 73-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 40%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
24th percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

Jamestown High School accounts for 23.1% of all Jamestown public-school enrollment

That concentration means Jamestown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jamestown school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities

Jamestown school enrollment ranges from 266 students (lowest) to 1,292 students (highest), a spread of 1,026 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jamestown reports 67.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Jamestown student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Southwestern Senior High School 50
2. Southwestern Middle School 44
3. Persell Middle School 40
4. Thomas Jefferson Middle School 38
5. George Washington Middle School 37
6. Jamestown High School 33
7. Samuel G Love Elementary School 33
8. Southwestern Elementary School 32
9. Clinton V Bush Elementary School 32
10. Carlyle C Ring Elementary School 30
11. Abraham Lincoln Elementary School 28
12. Milton J Fletcher Elementary School 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Jamestown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Samuel G Love Elementary School 65.1/100
  2. 2 George Washington Middle School 62.8/100
  3. 3 Carlyle C Ring Elementary School 61.6/100
  4. 4 Jamestown High School 56.9/100
  5. 5 Thomas Jefferson Middle School 56.8/100

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Which Jamestown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Southwestern Senior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Jamestown schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Jamestown, NY? ▼

Jamestown has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,600 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.