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What's the one class at Cumberland Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510108000383
Cumberland Elementary
60 School Rd, Cumberland, VA 23040 · (804) 492-4212 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
533 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 85 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (81).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Cumberland County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 76.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Cumberland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #546 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #666 of 1,111 ▼ 325 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #699 of 1,111 ▼ 136 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #499 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #460 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #543 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #82 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #290 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
+43 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 39.5 | 13.1:1 | 97% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 39.8 | 13.6:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 38 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 88% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 74% (435) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 32 | 22.6:1 | 68% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 73% (479) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 46 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cumberland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (522 to 530); teachers up 5% (37 to 39).
About Cumberland Elementary
Cumberland Elementary sits in Cumberland, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 530 students, from pre-K through 4.
Cumberland County Public Schools enrolls 1,278 students, and its 3 schools include Cumberland Elementary.
Cumberland Elementary is 53% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 32% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 64% of Cumberland County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.6:1 comes from the school's 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1.
allk12 grades Cumberland Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Cumberland Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.2% is 10.5 points above the 60.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that the median household income is $55,325, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Cumberland Elementary is one of 4 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Cumberland Middle, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The school's 71.2% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 43 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,818
Census ACS
Median income
$55,325
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland County Public Schools
- Cumberland HighHigh · 374 students
- Cumberland MiddleMiddle · 374 students
- Superintendent's Region 8 Gov's Health/Science AcademyCombined
Other schools in Cumberland
- Cumberland HighHigh · 374 students
- Cumberland MiddleMiddle · 374 students
- Superintendent's Region 8 Gov's Health/Science AcademyCombined
Other Cumberland Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cumberland Elementary. Cumberland Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Cumberland ElementaryWhitefish Bay, WI · 624 students
- Cumberland ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 586 students
- Cumberland ElementaryNashville, TN · 452 students
- Cumberland Elementary SchoolCumberland, KY · 428 students
- Cumberland Elementary SchoolToledo, IL · 387 students
Nearby schools
- Cumberland Middle0.3 mi · 374
- Cumberland High0.3 mi · 374
- Buckingham Co Elementary13.7 mi · 351
- Buckingham Co Primary13.7 mi · 361
- Buckingham County Middle14.3 mi · 407
- Buckingham Co Prekindergarten Center14.7 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Cumberland ElementaryHow many students attend Cumberland Elementary?
Cumberland Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Cumberland Elementary serve?
Cumberland Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cumberland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cumberland Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cumberland Elementary?
At Cumberland Elementary, the student body is approximately 53% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cumberland Elementary public or private?
Cumberland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.