North River Elementary

North River Elementary is one of the close-knit primary schools in Mount Solon, Virginia, overseen by Augusta County Public Schools, with 222 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so North River Elementary sits 56% below that benchmark.

Across the 20 schools in Augusta County Public Schools (10,742 students total), North River Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, North River Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder looks like 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Augusta County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Augusta County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North River Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Augusta County) shows that median household income runs about $82,049, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. North River Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Augusta County (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students).

The closest other public school is Edward G. Clymore Elementary, roughly 7.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North River Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.4%.

North River Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North River Elementary has ticked down 24%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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