James River Elementary School, Williamsburg, VA

At a glance

School district: Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
Grades served: K-5
School type: Public
Principal: Angel Washington
Enrollment: 449 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 12:1
Classroom teachers: 38 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510402000705

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

56%

Mathematics

66%

Science

65%

History & Social Sci.

51%

Attendance

2024-2025

14.5% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About James River Elementary School

James River Elementary School is a public K-5 school in the Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools division, located at 8901 Pocahontas Trail in the Grove community at the southeastern end of James City County, Virginia. It operates as a magnet school offering the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, and was noted as of October 2006 as one of only a handful of Virginia schools authorized for that program.

Set in a rural-fringe area outside the city of Williamsburg, the school served 449 students in the 2024-2025 school year. It was fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2025-2026 school year.

Contact

Phone: (757) 887-1768

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data (school detail) — NCES ID, district, grades K-5, enrollment 449, teachers FTE 38.0, student/teacher ratio 11.82, locale (Rural Fringe 41), phone, race/ethnicity counts, free/reduced lunch2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles (schoolquality.virginia.gov) — Fully Accredited (SY2025-26), SOL pass rates (reading 56, math 66, science 65, history 51), demographics %, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD %, chronic absenteeism 14.5%, principal2024-2025 / accreditation 2025-2026 link ↗
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools - James River school site — Official website, phone, address, fax2026 link ↗
Wikipedia (James River Elementary School / WJCC redirect) — Grove community setting, IB Primary Years Programme magnet status (as of Oct 2006)2006 statement link ↗

Figures reflect the 2024-2025 (NCES CCD & VA School Quality Profile); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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