📍 375 Baker St, Jamestown, Chautauqua County, 14701
Persell Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Jamestown, Chautauqua County. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jamestown City School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 23% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Persell Middle School enrolls 417 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 9.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 298 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 39 | 9.4% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
304 of the school's 417 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Persell Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 57, state house district 150.
Persell Middle School is one of 9 schools in JAMESTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in JAMESTOWN, New York. The district serves 4,439 students district-wide and employs 409 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Persell Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 493 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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