Linkhorne Elementary

Linkhorne Elementary is a tight-knit primary school in Lynchburg, Virginia, part of Lynchburg City Public Schools. The school instructs 378 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Lynchburg City Public Schools comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,657 students; Linkhorne Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Linkhorne Elementary lists that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school lists 23% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Lynchburg city as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Linkhorne Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Linkhorne Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.7%; Linkhorne Elementary posts 41.1%, -20.5 points below that line.

Around the school, Lynchburg city reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,947 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Lynchburg city runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students), of which Linkhorne Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Linkhorne Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Linkhorne Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Linkhorne Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Linkhorne Elementary has declined 17%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 52% to 58%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.