Pearl Sample Elementary

Located at 18480 Simms Dr, in Culpeper, Virginia, Pearl Sample Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that enrolls 680 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Culpeper County Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 36% larger than typical.

Culpeper County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 8,381 students; Pearl Sample Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Pearl Sample Elementary reports that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 10% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Culpeper County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Pearl Sample Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 82% of students at Pearl Sample Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Culpeper County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pearl Sample Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 74.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Culpeper County) records that the typical household earns roughly $100,049 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Culpeper County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,381 students), of which Pearl Sample Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is A.G. Richardson Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pearl Sample Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pearl Sample Elementary has increased 22%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 680 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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