Summit Elementary

As a cozy elementary-level community in Charlottesville, Virginia, Summit Elementary caters to 285 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Charlottesville City Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Summit Elementary sits 43% below that benchmark.

Within Charlottesville City Public Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 4,439 students, Summit Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Summit Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 31%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 13% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Summit Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 102% of students at Summit Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Charlottesville city runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Summit Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.3%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Charlottesville city) records that median household income runs about $74,824, about 63% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Charlottesville city's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,150 students), Summit Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Burnley-Moran Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Summit Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Summit Elementary's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 338 (now 285). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 48% to 31%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Summit Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.