Crewe Primary

Crewe Primary operates as a small elementary-level community in Crewe, Virginia, operated by Nottoway County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 370 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Crewe Primary is one of 5 schools operated by Nottoway County Public Schools, a district that works with 1,792 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crewe Primary records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Black, 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Crewe Primary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Crewe Primary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 79.2%, a residual of +18.4 points.

In the broader community, Nottoway County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,261, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Nottoway County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,792 students), of which Crewe Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Nottoway Intermediate, around 3.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Crewe Primary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Crewe Primary's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 370).

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