Heritage Elementary

Heritage Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in Lynchburg, Virginia, run under Lynchburg City Public Schools, instructs 448 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Lynchburg City Public Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,657 students. Heritage Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Heritage Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 21% White, 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lynchburg city runs at roughly 95%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heritage Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.6%; this one comes in at 49.5%, -15.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lynchburg city shows median household income runs about $57,947, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Lynchburg city's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students), Heritage Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Heritage High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heritage Elementary has fell 15%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 28% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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