Frederick Douglass Elementary

As a small elementary-level community in Winchester, Virginia, Frederick Douglass Elementary serves 376 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Winchester City Public Schools. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Frederick Douglass Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Winchester City Public Schools, a district that works with 4,362 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Frederick Douglass Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 41% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Frederick Douglass Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Frederick Douglass Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 71.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Winchester city put median household earnings sit near $63,974, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winchester city's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,235 students), Frederick Douglass Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Garland R. Quarles Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frederick Douglass Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Frederick Douglass Elementary at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 62.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Frederick Douglass Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 376). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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