Broadus Wood Elementary

Set in Earlysville, Virginia, Broadus Wood Elementary is a low-enrollment primary school, operated by Albemarle County Public Schools. It serves 282 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Broadus Wood Elementary sits 43% below that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Albemarle County Public Schools (14,149 students total), Broadus Wood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Broadus Wood Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Albemarle County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Broadus Wood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Albemarle County indicate median household income runs about $104,392, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albemarle County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students), of which Broadus Wood Elementary is one.

Hollymead Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Broadus Wood Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 286 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 88% to 80%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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