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Alumni: what's one memory from Heritage Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCHBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510234000959
Heritage Elementary
501 Leesville Rd, Lynchburg, VA 24502 · (434) 515-5230 · Lynchburg city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
386 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 39.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Elementary this school | 448 | 86.2% | 49.5% |
| Parkway Elementary Virginia Beach | 465 | 85.2% | 60.3% |
| Alfred S. Forrest Elementary Hampton | 499 | 88.8% | 64.3% |
| Longdale Elementary Glen Allen | 476 | 89.3% | 57.5% |
| Albert W. Patrick III Elementary Hampton | 394 | 92.4% | 62.9% |
| Phillips Elementary Hampton | 435 | 89.7% | 75.4% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Heritage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Lynchburg city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #982 of 1,101 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #963 of 1,111 ▲ 49 | #6 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #940 of 1,111 ▲ 8 | #7 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #713 of 1,176 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #458 of 1,105 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #337 of 1,106 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #411 of 1,157 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #290 of 759 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
448
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 86% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 40.2 | 11.3:1 | 90% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 36.3 | 13.1:1 | 90% (427) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 28 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 28.3 | 18.7:1 | 87% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 95% (456) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 66% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 66% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (529 to 448); teachers up 16% (28.3 to 33).
About Heritage Elementary
Heritage Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Lynchburg, Virginia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 448 students in pre-K through 5.
Heritage Elementary falls under Lynchburg City Public Schools, which has 16 schools enrolling 7,657 students.
At Heritage Elementary, Black students make up 50% of the student body. The remaining shares are 21% White, 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Lynchburg city as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school's share is higher. Heritage Elementary's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 33 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.6:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. The average for public schools in Lynchburg city is 95%.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Heritage Elementary scores 15.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.5%; the prediction is 64.6%.
Across Lynchburg city, the median household income is $57,947, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. In all, Lynchburg city has 24 public schools and roughly 7,657 students.
Nearby, Heritage High is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Heritage Elementary ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 49.5% versus a 61.6% average.
Heritage Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 448, close to the 450 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.1:1 to 13.6:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lynchburg city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,497
Census ACS
Median income
$57,947
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynchburg City Public Schools
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Sandusky MiddleMiddle · 583 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for InnovationMiddle · 531 students
- Linkhorne MiddleMiddle · 519 students
- Sheffield ElementaryElementary · 443 students
Other schools in Lynchburg
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Brookville HighHigh · 1,017 students
- Tomahawk ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Brookville MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Leesville Road ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Other Heritage Elementary schools
47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary is the 31st largest of the 48.
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYWENTZVILLE, MO · 1,039 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 869 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 832 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENACRES, FL · 817 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 807 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage High0.1 mi · 1,113
- Sheffield Elementary1.1 mi · 443
- Sandusky Middle1.2 mi · 583
- Sandusky Elementary1.3 mi · 316
- Brookville High1.9 mi · 1,017
- Tomahawk Elementary2.0 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage ElementaryHow many students attend Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is Heritage Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heritage Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Heritage Elementary have?
Heritage Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 9% Hispanic, 50% Black, 4% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage Elementary?
Heritage Elementary is overseen by Lynchburg City Public Schools in Lynchburg city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.