Jamestown Elementary

[Anonymous]

We are looking at a house that is zone for Jamestown. I know that boundaries can change in the future. If you have a child at JES, how has their experience been? How is the reading/writing/literacy instruction? Math? Is the community inclusive? Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

It’s a very strong school, but if you mean by inclusive is there a lot of diversity, no. It’s a rich white school due to the demographics of the zone.

[Anonymous]

Jamestown has been the Arlington public elementary school of choice for the rich for decades. That won't be changing any time soon. Its test score are off the charts because its population is very wealthy and very privileged. It is severely lacking in diversity and has a reputation for being super snooty. Any North Arlington public elementary school provides an equally solid education without all of that.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard anything bad about it; we were on a Jamestown baseball team a few years back and the parents were so nice. I wouldn’t have called any of them snooty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very strong school, but if you mean by inclusive is there a lot of diversity, no. It’s a rich white school due to the demographics of the zone.

True and since most can afford private in the area, a lot leave before middle school. Many this year left too.

[Anonymous]

Boundaries are not likely to be changed for Jamestown because of where it sits in the county's boundaries. Last time there was a boundary process parents wrote in comments (that was shared the community) about how their PTA/parents were willing to pay for extra buses if needed to keep their boundaries the same. Good school, not diverse, very wealthy (spring break in europe, not road trip to grandmas)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard anything bad about it; we were on a Jamestown baseball team a few years back and the parents were so nice. I wouldn’t have called any of them snooty.

Agree. The parents we’ve dealt with have not been snooty. And to be honest, there’s always a few like that no matter what the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jamestown has been the Arlington public elementary school of choice for the rich for decades. That won't be changing any time soon. Its test score are off the charts because its population is very wealthy and very privileged. It is severely lacking in diversity and has a reputation for being super snooty. Any North Arlington public elementary school provides an equally solid education without all of that.

And there are also south Arlington schools that offer "an equally solid education without all of that" and with diversity that is absent from most (almost all) north Arlington elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

I actually find Discovery parents the snootiest. Jamestown parents are more “old money” and classy/understated. Make no mistake- these kids are all white and very privileged but most parents are very dedicated to raising good people. The true snooty, WGCC crowd goes private. We just moved from the Discovery district to Jamestown and have been pleasantly surprised at how much more we like our neighbors. 🤗

[Anonymous]

I’m a JES parent. There are definitely the country club contingent (although I’m friends with some of them), but there are a lot of “regular” parents. It is true there is zero diversity which is a minus in my book. However we love the administration, and two of my kids have IEPs and we have been very happy with the support and dedication from the special Ed team. If you really like the house, the only real downside is lack of diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jamestown has been the Arlington public elementary school of choice for the rich for decades. That won't be changing any time soon. Its test score are off the charts because its population is very wealthy and very privileged. It is severely lacking in diversity and has a reputation for being super snooty. Any North Arlington public elementary school provides an equally solid education without all of that.

And there are also south Arlington schools that offer "an equally solid education without all of that" and with diversity that is absent from most (almost all) north Arlington elementary schools.

I don't disagree. When I wrote that I was just thinking that the area around Jamestown is where OP was looking, that's all.

[Anonymous]

There’s very little diversity in that neck of the woods.

[Anonymous]

Jamestown is essentially a private school for parents who can’t quite afford the real thing. The school auction takes place at Washington Golf every year and the parents try to outdo each other with gross displays of money. The dads tend to be 10-15 years older than the wives, and the wives are vapid and catty. We moved to get away from that scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jamestown is essentially a private school for parents who can’t quite afford the real thing. The school auction takes place at Washington Golf every year and the parents try to outdo each other with gross displays of money. The dads tend to be 10-15 years older than the wives, and the wives are vapid and catty. We moved to get away from that scene.

Trust me, they can afford the real thing. What keeps them there is the excellent academics and teachers. Most of the families/kids I know that go there love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jamestown is essentially a private school for parents who can’t quite afford the real thing. The school auction takes place at Washington Golf every year and the parents try to outdo each other with gross displays of money. The dads tend to be 10-15 years older than the wives, and the wives are vapid and catty. We moved to get away from that scene.

Trust me, they can afford the real thing. What keeps them there is the excellent academics and teachers. Most of the families/kids I know that go there love it.

Oh. My. God.

Jamestown is a public school like any other. And trust me, most of them can’t afford 40K per kid for 13 years, and if they could without cutting back, they would in a heartbeat.