Magruder Elementary

Magruder Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the schools within York County Public Schools, with 610 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% larger than the state mean of about 499.

York County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 13,105 students; Magruder Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Magruder Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Magruder Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Magruder Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for York County put the typical household earns roughly $109,956 per year, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across York County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,105 students), Magruder Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Queens Lake Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Magruder Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Magruder Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 3%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 610 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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