Accawmacke Elementary

Set in Accomac, Virginia, Accawmacke Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus, overseen by Accomack County Public Schools. It caters to 453 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 11 schools in Accomack County Public Schools (4,623 students total), Accawmacke Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Accawmacke Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 22% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Accawmacke Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 104% of students at Accawmacke Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Accawmacke Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 64.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Accomack County put median household earnings sit near $58,993, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Accomack County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,623 students), of which Accawmacke Elementary is one.

Nandua High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Accawmacke Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Accawmacke Elementary's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 453). Black enrollment moved from 38% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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