P.B. Smith Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Warrenton, Virginia, P.B. Smith Elementary works with 440 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Fauquier County Public Schools.

P.B. Smith Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Fauquier County Public Schools, a district that works with 10,861 students overall.

On the student-mix side, P.B. Smith Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, P.B. Smith Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Fauquier County's rate of about 33%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, P.B. Smith Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 84.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Fauquier County shows median household income runs about $130,189, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Fauquier County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,861 students), P.B. Smith Elementary is one campus in the mix.

C.M. Bradley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around P.B. Smith Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), P.B. Smith Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 74.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 29%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 69% across the same window.

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