Frederick Douglass Elementary

Frederick Douglass Elementary is an elementary school in Winchester, Virginia, according to federal school records. Enrollment totals 376 students across pre-K through 4. The school is 25% below the average for elementary schools in Virginia.

Winchester City Public Schools oversees Frederick Douglass Elementary and 6 other schools, with 4,362 students in total.

The largest group at Frederick Douglass Elementary is Hispanic students, at 41%. After that, the student body is 41% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census figures show Winchester city is about 21% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Frederick Douglass Elementary scores 65%.

There are 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Frederick Douglass Elementary, giving a ratio of 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. A total of 312 students, or 83%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Winchester city is close, at 82%.

Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Frederick Douglass Elementary's results are 5.7 points above predicted: 71.2% against 65.5%.

For the population of Winchester city, the median household earns about $63,974 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Winchester city, 8 public schools serve about 5,235 students.

Of the public schools around it, Frederick Douglass Elementary is closest to Garland R. Quarles Elementary, about 1.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Frederick Douglass Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment rose 11% over 4 years, reaching 376 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.

Frederick Douglass Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.