Herman L. Horn Elementary

Herman L. Horn Elementary operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Vinton, Virginia, run under Roanoke County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Herman L. Horn Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Roanoke County Public Schools, a district that caters to 13,735 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Herman L. Horn Elementary reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Herman L. Horn Elementary has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Roanoke County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Herman L. Horn 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 65.7%; Herman L. Horn Elementary posts 80.4%, +14.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Roanoke County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,709 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Roanoke County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,154 students), Herman L. Horn Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: W.E. Cundiff Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Herman L. Horn Elementary. On composite proficiency, Herman L. Horn Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herman L. Horn Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 397 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 77% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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