Garden City Elementary

Set in Roanoke, Virginia, Garden City Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school, operated by Roanoke City Public Schools. It teaches 302 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Garden City Elementary sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. Garden City Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Garden City Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 26% Black, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Roanoke city as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Garden City Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Garden City Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.2%; this one delivers 54.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Roanoke city indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,378 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Garden City Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Roanoke city (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mount Pleasant Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Garden City Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.3%.

Garden City Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Garden City Elementary's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 274 (now 302). White enrollment moved from 64% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Garden City Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.