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Jamestown High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3751 John Tyler Hwy
Williamsburg, VA 23135
Phone
(757) 259-3600
District
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
County
JAMES CITY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1229
Classroom Teachers
72

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

8

(10 is best)

Better than 72.2% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Jamestown High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
91%
81%
88%
85%
93%
77%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 345 28.1%
Grade 10 309 25.1%
Grade 11 284 23.1%
Grade 12 291 23.7%
Total 1229 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.2% 60.2% 48.2%
Black 10.4% 19.5% 23.2%
Hispanic 18.2% 16.8% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.9% 3.1% 8.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 25.7% 42.9% 54.2%
Free lunch eligible 23.7% 40.4% 52.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.0% 2.5% 2.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,486 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,732.6 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 28.3% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.8% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 14.8% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,882 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 3.0% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.3% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.6% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.9% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.4% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.2% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.4% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 7.9% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,366 $95,160,000 62.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $861 $9,798,000 6.4%
Staff $723 $8,225,000 5.4%
General Administration $430 $4,894,000 3.2%
School Administration $663 $7,547,000 4.9%
Operation $1,128 $12,826,000 8.4%
Transportation $518 $5,891,000 3.9%
Other $181 $2,057,000 1.3%
Total Support $4,504 $51,238,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $544 $6,190,000 4.1%
Total Expenditures $13,414 $152,588,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,373 $10,552,865,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $758 $955,427,000 5.0%
Staff $1,079 $1,360,547,000 7.1%
General Administration $220 $277,323,000 1.4%
School Administration $795 $1,002,496,000 5.2%
Operation $1,221 $1,539,444,000 8.0%
Transportation $601 $757,130,000 4.0%
Other $254 $320,067,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,929 $6,212,434,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,880 $2,369,342,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $15,182 $19,134,641,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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