Buckingham Co Elementary

This page covers Buckingham Co Elementary, a small elementary school in Dillwyn, Virginia. The school covers grades 3 through 5 and reported 351 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 30% below the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia.

The district, Buckingham County Public Schools, operates 5 schools serving 1,868 students.

The largest group at Buckingham Co Elementary is White students, at 50%. The remaining students are 34% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Buckingham County is about 62% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Buckingham Co Elementary scores 63%.

Buckingham Co Elementary reports a ratio of 14.6 students per teacher, from 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 0.8 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Buckingham Co Elementary, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Buckingham County is close, at 98%.

Among Virginia public elementary schools, Buckingham Co Elementary outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Buckingham Co Elementary is 1.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 59.8%. Predicted: 61.0%.

For the population of Buckingham County, the median household earns about $60,828 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Buckingham Co Elementary shares Buckingham County with 4 other public schools.

Buckingham Co Primary sits less than a tenth of a mile from Buckingham Co Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 61.7%, higher than Buckingham Co Elementary's 59.8%.

Under the NCES locale system, Buckingham Co Elementary is Rural: Remote.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 351, from 445 in 2020-21.

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