Berkeley Glenn Elementary

Berkeley Glenn Elementary is a primary school of cozy scale in Waynesboro, Virginia, one of the schools within Waynesboro City Public Schools, caters to 256 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 7 schools in Waynesboro City Public Schools (3,043 students total), Berkeley Glenn Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Berkeley Glenn Elementary shows that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 95% of students at Berkeley Glenn Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Berkeley Glenn Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Waynesboro city put median household income runs about $59,994, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Waynesboro city's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,043 students), Berkeley Glenn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Waynesboro High, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Berkeley Glenn Elementary. On composite proficiency, Berkeley Glenn Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Berkeley Glenn Elementary's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 256). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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