Hurt Park Elementary

Located at 1525 Salem Ave SW, in Roanoke, Virginia, Hurt Park Elementary is a compact elementary campus that hosts 321 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Roanoke City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. Hurt Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hurt Park Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hurt Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. 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, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hurt Park Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.5%; actual is 39.8%, a gap of -20.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Roanoke city) reports that median household income runs about $55,378, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Roanoke city runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students), of which Hurt Park Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Virginia Heights Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 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), Hurt Park Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.0%.

Hurt Park Elementary operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hurt Park Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 321). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 74% to 63%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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