Virginia Cross Elementary

Located at 234 Cross School Road, in Siler City, North Carolina, Virginia Cross Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 494 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Chatham County Schools.

Across the 21 schools in Chatham County Schools (8,987 students total), Virginia Cross Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Virginia Cross Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Virginia Cross Elementary lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Virginia Cross Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 42.2%, a residual of -6.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate median household earnings sit near $94,317, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Virginia Cross Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 10,374 students).

The closest other public school is Chatham Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Virginia Cross Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Virginia Cross Elementary's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 576 (now 494). Over the same period, the Black share rose from 15% to 20%.

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