Beaverdam Elementary

Set in Beaverdam, Virginia, Beaverdam Elementary is an intimate elementary school, part of Hanover County Public Schools. It hosts 339 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Beaverdam Elementary sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Hanover County Public Schools, which oversees 24 schools and 17,434 students, Beaverdam Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Beaverdam Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Beaverdam Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 43% of students at Beaverdam Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Hanover County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beaverdam Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.3%; this one delivers 75.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hanover County put median household earnings sit near $112,805, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hanover County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,434 students), of which Beaverdam Elementary is one.

Lewis and Clark Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.5 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Beaverdam Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beaverdam Elementary has rose 3%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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