Dare Elementary

Dare Elementary is one of the small elementary campuss in Yorktown, Virginia, run under York County Public Schools, with 399 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 19 schools in York County Public Schools (13,105 students total), Dare Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dare Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dare Elementary has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dare Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.8%, the actual is 82.9%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for York County put median household income runs about $109,956, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Dare Elementary is one of 19 public schools in York County (combined enrollment of about 13,105 students).

The closest other public school is Grafton High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dare Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 84.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.