Cumberland Elementary

Located at 60 School Rd, in Cumberland, Virginia, Cumberland Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus that serves 530 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by Cumberland County Public Schools.

Across the 3 schools in Cumberland County Public Schools (1,278 students total), Cumberland Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cumberland Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cumberland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 71.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household earnings sit near $55,325, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Cumberland County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,278 students), of which Cumberland Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cumberland Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Cumberland Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cumberland Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 63.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Cumberland Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 522 (now 530). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 39% to 32%.

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