Occohannock Elementary

Set in Exmore, Virginia, Occohannock Elementary is a close-knit primary school, part of Northampton County Public Schools. It caters to 385 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 4 schools in Northampton County Public Schools (1,300 students total), Occohannock Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Occohannock Elementary reports that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 26% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Occohannock Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.8%; actual is 43.4%, a gap of -17.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Northampton County put median household earnings sit near $61,632, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Northampton County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,300 students), Occohannock Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pungoteague Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.2 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Occohannock Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 18% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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