Evendale Elementary

Evendale Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Winchester, Virginia, part of Frederick County Public Schools. The school enrolls 618 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Evendale Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by Frederick County Public Schools, a district that instructs 14,447 students overall.

Demographically, Evendale Elementary records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Evendale Elementary logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 79% of students at Evendale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Frederick County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, Evendale Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.7%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -5.2 points.

Around the school, census data for Frederick County shows median household earnings sit near $97,606, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,574 students), Evendale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Evendale Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

Evendale Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 19%: 521 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 44% across the same window.

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