Cub Run Elementary

Cub Run Elementary, a moderately sized primary school in Penn Laird, Virginia, operated by Rockingham County Public Schools, instructs 614 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Cub Run Elementary sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 23 schools in Rockingham County Public Schools (11,679 students total), Cub Run Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Cub Run Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Rockingham County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Cub Run Elementary logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Cub Run Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Rockingham County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Cub Run Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.9%; this one delivers 55.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,693 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Rockingham County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,397 students), Cub Run Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Montevideo Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cub Run Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Cub Run Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 614). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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