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Jamestown School-Melrose School

Serves grades PK - 4

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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
76 Melrose Avenue
Jamestown, RI 02835
Phone
(401) 423-7020
District
Jamestown
County
NEWPORT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
224
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Rhode Island

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.7% of all RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Jamestown School-Melrose School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
36%
80%
37%
91%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
35%
63%
33%
57%
36%
60%
35%
63%
33%
57%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
10
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 24 10.7%
Kindergarten 30 13.4%
Grade 1 43 19.2%
Grade 2 37 16.5%
Grade 3 36 16.1%
Grade 4 54 24.1%
Total 224 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.7% 97.8% 55.1%
Black 0.9% 0.5% 9.5%
Hispanic 0.5% 0.7% 31.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.7% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 5.8% 6.3% 45.4%
Free lunch eligible 5.8% 6.3% 39.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 6.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 5,554 1,093,734
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 587.9 1,059
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.4% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.5% 17.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 14.6% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 36.4% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 33.1% 17.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,499 432,219
Single Parent Households With Children 0.0% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.8% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 68.3% 36.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.0% 21.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.2% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.7% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.6% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.6% 10.0%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,457 $6,043,000 41.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,529 $1,057,000 7.3%
Staff $481 $201,000 1.4%
General Administration $844 $353,000 2.4%
School Administration $1,194 $499,000 3.5%
Operation $2,218 $927,000 6.4%
Transportation $679 $284,000 2.0%
Other $1,940 $811,000 5.6%
Total Support $9,885 $4,132,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $10,139 $4,238,000 29.4%
Total Expenditures $34,481 $14,413,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,721 $1,473,540,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,170 $298,256,000 10.3%
Staff $790 $108,635,000 3.8%
General Administration $306 $42,092,000 1.5%
School Administration $969 $133,201,000 4.6%
Operation $1,596 $219,360,000 7.6%
Transportation $700 $96,250,000 3.3%
Other $839 $115,349,000 4.0%
Total Support $7,371 $1,013,143,000 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,949 $405,285,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $21,040 $2,891,968,000 100.0%
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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