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Jamestown Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
831st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Missouri elementary schools
Summary

Jamestown Elementary is a public elementary school in Florissant, Missouri, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 336 students. The school is part of the Hazelwood School District, which is ranked 319 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Jamestown Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools, with a ranking between 607 and 841 out of over 900 schools in recent years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the Hazelwood district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 8% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 21.9% in the Hazelwood district and 43.8% statewide. Jamestown Elementary also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 22.1% to 42.3% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 51.83% to 70.83% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

The nearby Twillman Elementary, Barrington Elementary, Jury Elementary, Grannemann Elementary, Keeven Elementary, Townsend Elementary, and Arrowpoint Elementary also perform poorly on academic measures, with most ranking in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools. However, some of these schools, such as Barrington and Keeven, perform slightly better than Jamestown Elementary on certain metrics, suggesting that there may be opportunities to learn from their practices.

314
Students ?
14.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,563
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 13750 Old Jamestown Rd
       Florissant, MO  63033-4514

(314) 953-4300

District: Hazelwood


Students who attend Jamestown Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Central Middle
High:    Hazelwood Central High
Racial breakdown:

African American:
92.0%
Two or more races:
3.8%
Hispanic:
2.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2015 → 8th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Missouri average (13% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 27 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school13%
District avg22%
Missouri avg43%
831st of 900
Missouri public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 27 pts since 2015
From bottom 35% (2015) to bottom 8% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Missouri Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 19Elementary Schools in the Hazelwood
319th of 367Hazelwood among Missouri districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
20258.8831 of 9007.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.0803 of 90611.4%★☆☆☆☆
202323.1719 of 89819.9%★☆☆☆☆
202220.3736 of 90818.9%★☆☆☆☆
202135.4607 of 90132.6%★★☆☆☆
201925.4840 of 105220.2%★☆☆☆☆
201824.1841 of 104519.5%★☆☆☆☆
201729.4798 of 103222.7%★☆☆☆☆
201632.1647 of 86525.2%★☆☆☆☆
201541.5686 of 105835.2%★★☆☆☆
201433.3808 of 108925.8%★☆☆☆☆
201342.6713 of 110835.6%★★☆☆☆
201238.3772 of 108528.8%★☆☆☆☆
201131.6851 of 108821.8%★☆☆☆☆
201027.5872 of 106618.2%★☆☆☆☆
200918.0942 of 105310.5%★☆☆☆☆
200818.1992 of 10848.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200734.1832 of 108023.0%★☆☆☆☆
200618.0982 of 10748.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
202541.8100 of 19047.4%★★☆☆☆
202448.675 of 19160.7%★★★☆☆
202356.958 of 18568.6%★★★☆☆
202264.939 of 18478.8%★★★★☆
202172.824 of 16385.3%★★★★☆
201964.175 of 25070.0%★★★★☆
201861.867 of 24372.4%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
201917.5249 of 30217.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
202520.6554 of 63813.2%★☆☆☆☆
202428.5484 of 62522.6%★☆☆☆☆
202338.5388 of 61136.5%★★☆☆☆
202233.0374 of 53229.7%★☆☆☆☆
201939.6600 of 90733.8%★★☆☆☆
201830.9703 of 88720.7%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2025)47th percentile+40 vs school
Disabled (2019)18th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile+5 vs school
By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?
Science21%-21 vs state
English Language Arts15%-29 vs state
Mathematics5%-36 vs state

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Jamestown Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.7% of Missouri elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 314 students attended Jamestown Elementary.

Students who attend Jamestown Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Central Middle
High : Hazelwood Central High

Students at Jamestown Elementary are 92% African American, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic, 1% White.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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