Independence Elementary

As a small K-5 school in Independence, Virginia, Independence Elementary caters to 287 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Grayson County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Independence Elementary sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Grayson County Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,561 students. Independence Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Independence Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Independence Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Independence Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Grayson County indicate median household income runs about $47,730, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grayson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,561 students), of which Independence Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Independence Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Independence Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 64.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 29%: 222 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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