Eastern Montgomery Elementary

Eastern Montgomery Elementary is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Elliston, Virginia, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools, with 376 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Eastern Montgomery Elementary sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Montgomery County Public Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 9,461 students. Eastern Montgomery Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Eastern Montgomery Elementary logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Montgomery County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Eastern Montgomery Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 64.1%; actual is 48.6%, a gap of -15.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) reports that median household income runs about $72,715, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,461 students), of which Eastern Montgomery Elementary is one.

Eastern Montgomery High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eastern Montgomery Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 464 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, members of the Eastern Montgomery Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.