Clarksville Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Skipwith, Virginia, Clarksville Elementary educates 432 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Mecklenburg County Public Schools.

Within Mecklenburg County Public Schools, which oversees 6 schools and 3,907 students, Clarksville Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Clarksville Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 34% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clarksville Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarksville Elementary sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 62.2%; actual is 76.4%, +14.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mecklenburg County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,045 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mecklenburg County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,907 students), Clarksville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Chase City Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.7 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Clarksville Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 39% to 34%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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