Greensville Elementary

Greensville Elementary is a sprawling K-5 school in Emporia, Virginia, operated by Greensville County Public Schools. The school enrolls 985 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 97% larger than typical.

Greensville County Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,017 students. Greensville Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Greensville Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Greensville Elementary has 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Greensville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Greensville Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +2.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Greensville County put median household income runs about $54,668, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Greensville Elementary is one of 3 public schools in Greensville County (combined enrollment of about 1,433 students).

Nearest neighbor: Edward W. Wyatt Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greensville Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 999 students in 2018 compared to 985 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 19% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Greensville Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.