Elon Elementary

Elon Elementary is a compact K-5 school in Madison Heights, Virginia, operated by Amherst County Public Schools. The school serves 288 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Elon Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Amherst County Public Schools, a district that serves 3,900 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elon Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Amherst County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Elon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 69.5%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Amherst County put the typical household earns roughly $68,724 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Amherst County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,900 students), of which Elon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Paul Munro Elementary, around 4.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elon Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 315 students in 2018 compared to 288 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 12% across the same window.

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