Enrollment
180
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCHBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510234002205
Dearington Elementary/Innovation
210 Smyth St, Lynchburg, VA 24501 · (434) 515-5220 · Lynchburg city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
177 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 1 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -20.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 20 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
62.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 →
Schools most like Dearington Elementary/Innovation
Dearington Elementary/Innovation's state test result (62.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dearington Elementary/Innovation this school | 180 | 98.3% | 62.9% |
| Bellevue Elementary Richmond | 206 | 99.5% | 52.3% |
| Red Oak-Sturgeon Elementary Alberta | 205 | 100.0% | 61.3% |
| Moton Early Childhood Center Hampton | 226 | 98.7% | N/A |
| Sinai Elementary Halifax | 243 | 99.2% | 60.4% |
| T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation Lynchburg | 168 | 98.2% | 54.0% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dearington Elementary/Innovation ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Lynchburg city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #771 of 1,101 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #982 of 1,111 ▼ 166 | #7 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #953 of 1,111 ▼ 209 | #8 of 11 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 180 | #1,122 of 1,176 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #206 of 1,157 | #1 of 11 |
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
180
+11 (+7%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 180 | 19 | 9.5:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 19.8 | 9.1:1 | 99% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 37 | 4.3:1 | 96% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 16 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 89% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 175 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 98% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 18 | 11.2:1 | 87% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 224 | 22 | 10.2:1 | 50% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 121 | 14 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dearington Elementary/Innovation.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (183 to 180); teachers up 36% (14 to 19).
About Dearington Elementary/Innovation
Dearington Elementary/Innovation is a small elementary school serving families in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 180 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Lynchburg City Public Schools has 16 schools and 7,657 students, and Dearington Elementary/Innovation is one of those schools.
Black students are the majority at Dearington Elementary/Innovation, with 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% White, 12% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 27% Black. Dearington Elementary/Innovation's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1 at Dearington Elementary/Innovation, with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 98%. For comparison, public schools in Lynchburg city average 95%.
allk12 grades Dearington Elementary/Innovation a C+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Virginia, Dearington Elementary/Innovation is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 62.9% actual against a predicted 61.3%.
Dearington Elementary/Innovation is located in Lynchburg city, where the median household income is $57,947, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Dearington Elementary/Innovation, Lynchburg city has 23 other public schools.
The school nearest to Dearington Elementary/Innovation is E.C. Glass High, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dearington Elementary/Innovation ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Dearington Elementary/Innovation as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 11 more students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.5:1) than in 2020-21 (10.6:1).
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Lynchburg city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,497
Census ACS
Median income
$57,947
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynchburg City Public Schools
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Sandusky MiddleMiddle · 583 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for InnovationMiddle · 531 students
- Linkhorne MiddleMiddle · 519 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Lynchburg
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Brookville HighHigh · 1,017 students
- Tomahawk ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Brookville MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Leesville Road ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- E.C. Glass High0.4 mi · 1,220
- Robert S. Payne Elementary0.9 mi · 435
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for Innovation1.0 mi · 531
- T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation1.1 mi · 168
- Linkhorne Middle1.6 mi · 519
- Linkhorne Elementary1.8 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Dearington Elementary/InnovationHow many students attend Dearington Elementary/Innovation?
Dearington Elementary/Innovation enrolls approximately 180 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dearington Elementary/Innovation serve?
Dearington Elementary/Innovation serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dearington Elementary/Innovation have?
Dearington Elementary/Innovation employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Dearington Elementary/Innovation?
Student demographics at Dearington Elementary/Innovation are roughly 16% White, 6% Hispanic, 65% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Dearington Elementary/Innovation?
Dearington Elementary/Innovation is overseen by Lynchburg City Public Schools in Lynchburg city.
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