Norge Elementary

As an average-sized elementary school in Williamsburg, Virginia, Norge Elementary caters to 578 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.

Within Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 11,371 students, Norge Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Norge Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 14% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Norge Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, James City County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Norge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 76.0%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for James City County put median household earnings sit near $109,985, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across James City County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,715 students), Norge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Toano Middle, around 1.9 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norge Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 76.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Norge Elementary's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 635 (now 578). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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