Metompkin Elementary

Metompkin Elementary is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Parksley, Virginia, overseen by Accomack County Public Schools, works with 435 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Accomack County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,623 students; Metompkin Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Metompkin Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 101% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Metompkin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.6%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Accomack County shows median household income runs about $58,993, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Accomack County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,623 students), Metompkin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Kegotank Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Metompkin Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Metompkin Elementary's enrollment has shrank 28% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 435). Black enrollment moved from 39% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.