Grace Miller Elementary

Located at 6248 Catlett Rd, in Bealeton, Virginia, Grace Miller Elementary is a medium-sized elementary-level community that teaches 528 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Fauquier County Public Schools.

Grace Miller Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Fauquier County Public Schools, a district that works with 10,861 students overall.

Demographically, Grace Miller Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Fauquier County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fauquier County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grace Miller Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 75.4%; this one comes in at 60.3%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Fauquier County reports that median household income runs about $130,189, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Grace Miller Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Fauquier County (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students).

The closest other public school is Liberty High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Grace Miller Elementary. On composite proficiency, Grace Miller Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 63.2%.

Grace Miller Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 9%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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