Nottoway Elementary

As a small K-5 school in Sedley, Virginia, Nottoway Elementary serves 235 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Southampton County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Nottoway Elementary sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Southampton County Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,363 students. Nottoway Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Nottoway Elementary shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Nottoway Elementary logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Nottoway Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nottoway Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 63.2%; this one delivers 82.4%, a residual of +19.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Southampton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,795 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Southampton County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,363 students), Nottoway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverdale Elementary, around 10.4 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nottoway Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 62.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nottoway Elementary has contracted 25%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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