Perrymont Elementary

Perrymont Elementary is one of the cozy primary schools in Lynchburg, Virginia, part of Lynchburg City Public Schools, with 377 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 499.

Across the 16 schools in Lynchburg City Public Schools (7,657 students total), Perrymont Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Perrymont Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 25% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Perrymont Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Perrymont Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.7%; this one comes in at 43.8%, -18.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lynchburg city put median household income runs about $57,947, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Lynchburg city runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,657 students), of which Perrymont Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sandusky Middle, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Perrymont Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

Perrymont Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Perrymont Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 377). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 56% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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