Ferrum Elementary

Ferrum Elementary, a compact K-5 school in Ferrum, Virginia, run under Franklin County Public Schools, serves 281 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Franklin County Public Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 6,540 students. Ferrum Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ferrum Elementary reports that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ferrum Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of +10.3 points.

In the area at large, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,849, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ferrum Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 6,540 students).

The closest other public school is Callaway Elementary, roughly 6.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ferrum Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 72.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferrum Elementary has edged up 16%, going from 243 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 83% across the same window.

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