Summary:
The Jamestown 1 district in North Dakota is home to a single middle school, Jamestown Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 with a total enrollment of 466 students. This school benefits from a very low student-teacher ratio of 9.7 to 1 and spends $16,045 per student, indicating a significant investment in resources, though the area has a moderate level of economic disadvantage with 31.76% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
Jamestown Middle School shows a mixed academic profile. Its strongest subject is Science, where 49% of students are proficient, outperforming the state average of 38% by a notable 11 percentage points. In Math and Reading, the school also beats state averages, with 47% proficiency in Math (vs. 41% statewide) and 46% in Reading (vs. 40% statewide). However, the school's state ranking has declined sharply over three years, dropping from the 82nd percentile in 2022-2023 to the 51st percentile in 2024-2025. This decline is likely due to other schools improving faster, as the school's own test scores have remained stable and above state averages.
A key area of concern is a "dip" in 6th Grade Reading, where only 38% of students are proficient—the lowest rate for any subject or grade at the school and slightly below the state average of 39%. This contrasts with 7th and 8th grade reading scores, both at 49%, suggesting the school successfully addresses this challenge in later years. Additionally, while the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16% is better than the state average of 20%, it is worse than the district average of 14%, making the middle school a relative weak point on this metric within the Jamestown 1 system. The school's dropout rate of 2% is lower than both the district and state averages of 4%.
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