Cloverdale Elementary

Located at 833 Cougar Drive, in Cloverdale, Virginia, Cloverdale Elementary is a cozy primary school that hosts 234 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Botetourt County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Cloverdale Elementary sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 11 schools in Botetourt County Public Schools (4,424 students total), Cloverdale Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cloverdale Elementary shows that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cloverdale Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Cloverdale Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.1%; this one delivers 83.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Botetourt County) reports that median household income runs about $81,213, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Botetourt County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,424 students), of which Cloverdale Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Read Mountain Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cloverdale Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cloverdale Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Cloverdale Elementary's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 234). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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