Boonsboro Elementary

Located at 1234 Eagle Circle, in Lynchburg, Virginia, Boonsboro Elementary is a compact elementary school that enrolls 309 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Bedford County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 499.

Bedford County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 8,930 students; Boonsboro Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Boonsboro Elementary reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Boonsboro Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bedford County (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Boonsboro Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.9%; this one delivers 77.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bedford County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,937 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bedford County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,930 students), of which Boonsboro Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Bedford Hills Elementary, roughly 2.9 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Boonsboro Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 303 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 82% across the same window.

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