Bass-Hoover Elementary

Bass-Hoover Elementary is one of the average-sized primary schools in Stephens City, Virginia, one of the schools within Frederick County Public Schools, with 615 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 23% above typical.

Across the 19 schools in Frederick County Public Schools (14,447 students total), Bass-Hoover Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bass-Hoover Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Frederick County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Bass-Hoover Elementary reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bass-Hoover Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 75.6%; Bass-Hoover Elementary posts 57.3%, -18.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Frederick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,606 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Bass-Hoover Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Frederick County (combined enrollment of about 13,574 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sherando High, around 1.3 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), Bass-Hoover Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Bass-Hoover Elementary's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 615). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 73% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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