Auburn Elementary

Set in Riner, Virginia, Auburn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community, run under Montgomery County Public Schools. It teaches 544 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Montgomery County Public Schools, which oversees 19 schools and 9,461 students, Auburn Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Auburn Elementary reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Auburn Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Auburn Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 76.8%, a residual of +1.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,715 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Montgomery County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,461 students), Auburn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Auburn High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Auburn Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 74.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Auburn Elementary's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 544). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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