Boones Mill Elementary

Set in Boones Mill, Virginia, Boones Mill Elementary is a tight-knit elementary school, operated by Franklin County Public Schools. It enrolls 290 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Franklin County Public Schools, which oversees 14 schools and 6,540 students, Boones Mill Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Boones Mill Elementary records that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Boones Mill Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Boones Mill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +6.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $68,849, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Franklin County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,540 students), of which Boones Mill Elementary is one.

Benjamin Franklin Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Boones Mill Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 77.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boones Mill Elementary has decreased 14%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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