📍 2170 Riverside Drive, Mount Airy, Surry County, 27030
Jones Intermediate is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Airy, Surry County. The school has 343 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mount Airy City Schools school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jones Intermediate enrolls 343 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 9.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 203 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 85 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
340 of the school's 343 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 340 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jones Intermediate is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 NC-50, state senate district 30, state house district 90.
Jones Intermediate is one of 4 schools in Mount Airy City Schools, based in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The district serves 1,786 students district-wide and employs 117 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 343 students, Jones Intermediate is smaller than the district average of about 447 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe