Gainesboro Elementary

Gainesboro Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Winchester, Virginia, operated by Frederick County Public Schools, educateing 483 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Frederick County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 14,447 students; Gainesboro Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Gainesboro Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gainesboro Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 76.8%; actual is 50.1%, a gap of -26.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Frederick County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,606, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Frederick County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,574 students), Gainesboro Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Frederick County Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gainesboro Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Gainesboro Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 483). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 85% over that span.

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