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Jamestown, California - 2 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Jamestown Elementary #623 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,654 per pupil, Jamestown Elementary ranks #598 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
380
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,654
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jamestown Elementary operates 2 public schools serving 380 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tuolumne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,654 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.8% local, 42.0% state, and 16.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #623 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 266.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 30.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.9% White, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jamestown Elementary, enrolling 409 students (93% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Chinese Camp Elementary, at 30 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jamestown Elementary accounts for 93.2% of all Jamestown Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jamestown Elementary a distant remainder — means Jamestown Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Jamestown Elementary has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Jamestown Elementary student-counselor ratio is 267:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Jamestown Elementary is typically wider than the Jamestown Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.
Jamestown Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 30.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.