Battlefield Elementary

Battlefield Elementary operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, one of the schools within Spotsylvania County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 665 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Spotsylvania County Public Schools runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 24,036 students. Battlefield Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Battlefield Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 33% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Spotsylvania County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at Battlefield Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Spotsylvania County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Battlefield Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Spotsylvania County) shows that median household income runs about $112,738, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Battlefield Elementary is one of 34 public schools in Spotsylvania County (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students).

The closest other public school is Battlefield Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Battlefield Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Battlefield Elementary's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 645 (now 665). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 25% to 38%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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