G.W. Carver Elementary

G.W. Carver Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus in Salem, Virginia, one of the schools within Salem City Public Schools. The school works with 404 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Salem City Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,984 students. G.W. Carver Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, G.W. Carver Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 88% of students at G.W. Carver Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salem city (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G.W. Carver Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.0%; G.W. Carver Elementary posts 81.4%, +17.3 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Salem city shows median household earnings sit near $66,725, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salem city runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,984 students), of which G.W. Carver Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Virginia Virtual Academy at Salem, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around G.W. Carver Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G.W. Carver Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 79.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. G.W. Carver Elementary's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 404). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 4% to 12%.

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