Virginia Williamson Elem

Virginia Williamson Elem is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Bolivia, North Carolina, overseen by Brunswick County Schools. The school hosts 610 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Brunswick County Schools runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 13,561 students. Virginia Williamson Elem is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Virginia Williamson Elem reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Virginia Williamson Elem higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Virginia Williamson Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +10.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Brunswick County shows median household income runs about $77,024, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Brunswick County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,069 students), of which Virginia Williamson Elem is one.

Supply Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Virginia Williamson Elem comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 14%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 610 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 17% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.