Colonial Beach Elementary

Colonial Beach Elementary is one of the intimate primary schools in Colonial Beach, Virginia, overseen by Colonial Beach Public Schools, with 367 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 7. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Colonial Beach Public Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 593 students; Colonial Beach Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Colonial Beach Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 14% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Colonial Beach Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Colonial Beach Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 69.1%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Westmoreland County put the typical household earns roughly $63,398 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Westmoreland County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,167 students), of which Colonial Beach Elementary is one.

Colonial Beach High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Colonial Beach Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 418 students in 2018 compared to 367 in 2025.

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