Melissa Jones School
Guilford, CT · Elementary School
Melissa Jones School is a elementary school in Guilford, CT with 285 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Guilford School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Melissa Jones School is a elementary school located in Guilford, Connecticut. The school serves 285 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Melissa Jones School is part of the Guilford School District in Connecticut.
How This School Compares
Melissa Jones School has 285 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Guilford School District (446 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 66%. Compared to the Connecticut state average of 53%, the school performs 18 points higher. With a 12.4:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Melissa Jones School has 285 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Melissa Jones School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Melissa Jones School is part of the Guilford School District in Guilford, Connecticut. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.