Flat Rock Elementary

Flat Rock Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Powhatan, Virginia, run under Powhatan County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 654 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Flat Rock Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Powhatan County Public Schools, a district that educates 4,077 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Flat Rock Elementary shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Powhatan County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Flat Rock Elementary shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Flat Rock Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.0%, the actual is 80.4%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Powhatan County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,537 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Flat Rock Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Powhatan County (combined enrollment of about 4,077 students).

The closest other public school is Powhatan High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 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 Flat Rock Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 83.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Flat Rock Elementary has decreased 8%, going from 708 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 87% to 82%.

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