Mary Carr Greer Elementary

Mary Carr Greer Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school in Charlottesville, Virginia, one of the schools within Albemarle County Public Schools. The school works with 520 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Albemarle County Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 14,149 students. Mary Carr Greer Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Mary Carr Greer Elementary logs that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 23% Black, 23% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Albemarle County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Albemarle County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mary Carr Greer Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.9%; Mary Carr Greer Elementary posts 49.1%, -15.7 points below that line.

In the area at large, Albemarle County reports that median household income runs about $104,392, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mary Carr Greer Elementary is one of 26 public schools in Albemarle County (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students).

Journey Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary Carr Greer Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary Carr Greer Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 675 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 28% to 40% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Mary Carr Greer Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.