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Eureka Elementary
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Eureka Elementary
Set in Keysville, Virginia, Eureka Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, part of Charlotte County Public Schools. It caters to 471 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Charlotte County Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,707 students. Eureka Elementary is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Eureka Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eureka Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 85.3%, a residual of +21.1 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Charlotte County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,000, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Charlotte County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,707 students), of which Eureka Elementary is one.
The closest other public school is Central Middle, roughly 5.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eureka Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.0%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Eureka Elementary's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 471). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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