Courthouse Road Elementary

Courthouse Road Elementary operates as a roomy K-5 school in Spotsylvania, Virginia, one of the schools within Spotsylvania County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 762 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Courthouse Road Elementary sits 53% larger than that benchmark.

Spotsylvania County Public Schools runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 24,036 students. Courthouse Road Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Courthouse Road Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Spotsylvania County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Courthouse Road Elementary lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Spotsylvania County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Courthouse Road Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.2%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Spotsylvania County put the typical household earns roughly $112,738 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Courthouse Road Elementary is one of 34 public schools in Spotsylvania County (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students).

The closest other public school is Courtland High, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Courthouse Road Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

Courthouse Road Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 808 students in 2018 compared to 762 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 54% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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