C.M. Bradley Elementary

C.M. Bradley Elementary, a compact elementary campus in Warrenton, Virginia, run under Fauquier County Public Schools, serves 362 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Across the 18 schools in Fauquier County Public Schools (10,861 students total), C.M. Bradley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, C.M. Bradley Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, C.M. Bradley Elementary shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, C.M. Bradley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.7%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fauquier County put the typical household earns roughly $130,189 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. C.M. Bradley Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Fauquier County (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fauquier High, around 1.3 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, C.M. Bradley Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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