Hurley Elementary/Middle

Set in Hurley, Virginia, Hurley Elementary/Middle is a compact elementary campus, one of the schools within Buchanan County Public Schools. It hosts 323 students across grades pre-K through 7. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

Across the 8 schools in Buchanan County Public Schools (2,316 students total), Hurley Elementary/Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hurley Elementary/Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Buchanan County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Hurley Elementary/Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Buchanan County shows median household income runs about $42,886, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Buchanan County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,316 students), of which Hurley Elementary/Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hurley High, around 0.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Hurley Elementary/Middle comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Hurley Elementary/Middle's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 382 (now 323). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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