Hartwood Elementary

Hartwood Elementary is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Hartwood, Virginia, overseen by Stafford County Public Schools, with 627 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Hartwood Elementary sits 26% above that benchmark.

Hartwood Elementary is one of 32 schools operated by Stafford County Public Schools, a district that serves 31,812 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Hartwood Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Stafford County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hartwood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Hartwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stafford County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hartwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Stafford County put the typical household earns roughly $137,807 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Stafford County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,812 students), Hartwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Rocky Run Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hartwood Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 75.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Hartwood Elementary's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 627). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 12% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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