Meadow View Elementary

Meadow View Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Martinsville, Virginia, part of Henry County Public Schools, with 659 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% bigger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Henry County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,916 students. Meadow View Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Meadow View Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Meadow View Elementary shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Meadow View Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 101% 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, Meadow View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 70.4%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,760 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Henry County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,916 students), Meadow View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Clearview Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow View Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 59.7%.

Meadow View Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meadow View Elementary has edged up 127%, going from 290 students in 2018 to 659 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 16% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.