Barron Elementary

Barron Elementary is an elementary school of cozy scale in Hampton, Virginia, overseen by Hampton City Public Schools, serveing 397 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Barron Elementary sits 20% below that benchmark.

Hampton City Public Schools comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,472 students; Barron Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Barron Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% White, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hampton city as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews noticeably less Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Barron Elementary records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Barron Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Barron Elementary sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.4%; actual is 79.1%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hampton city indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,621 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hampton city runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,472 students), of which Barron Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Albert W. Patrick III Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 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), Barron Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.1%.

Barron Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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