Carysbrook Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Fork Union, Virginia, Carysbrook Elementary serves 457 students from grades 3 through 4, operated by Fluvanna County Public Schools.

Carysbrook Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Fluvanna County Public Schools, a district that works with 3,315 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Carysbrook Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Fluvanna County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Carysbrook Elementary shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 61% of students at Carysbrook Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Carysbrook Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.5%; this one delivers 68.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fluvanna County put median household income runs about $96,768, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Fluvanna County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,315 students), Carysbrook Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fluvanna Middle, roughly 1.9 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carysbrook Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 72% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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