Boyce Elementary

Boyce Elementary is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Boyce, Virginia, part of Clarke County Public Schools, works with 281 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Boyce Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Clarke County Public Schools, a district that educates 1,883 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Boyce Elementary shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Boyce Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.7%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clarke County put the typical household earns roughly $117,111 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Clarke County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,883 students), Boyce Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Evendale Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boyce Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.6%.

Boyce Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boyce Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 284 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 11% to 18% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.