Farmington Elementary

Farmington Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Culpeper, Virginia, overseen by Culpeper County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 453 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Culpeper County Public Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 8,381 students. Farmington Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Farmington Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 22% White, 20% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Culpeper County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Farmington Elementary shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Culpeper County (around 65%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Farmington Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Culpeper County indicate the typical household earns roughly $100,049 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Culpeper County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,381 students), of which Farmington Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is A.G. Richardson Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Farmington Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Farmington Elementary's enrollment has fell 36% since 2018, when it stood at 704 (now 453). The White share of enrollment edged down from 39% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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