Amelon Elementary

Set in Madison Heights, Virginia, Amelon Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Amherst County Public Schools. It serves 415 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Amelon Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Amherst County Public Schools, a district that instructs 3,900 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Amelon Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 26% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Amelon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 52.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Amherst County indicate median household income runs about $68,724, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Amherst County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,900 students), of which Amelon Elementary is one.

Monelison Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Amelon Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Amelon Elementary has ticked down 7%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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