Abingdon Elementary

Abingdon Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary schools in Hayes, Virginia, operated by Gloucester County Public Schools, with 455 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Gloucester County Public Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 4,917 students, Abingdon Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Abingdon Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Abingdon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 78.6%.

In the area at large, Gloucester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,306 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Gloucester County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,917 students), of which Abingdon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Achilles Elementary, around 4.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Abingdon Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 72.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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