Phenix Elementary

As a cozy elementary campus in Phenix, Virginia, Phenix Elementary educates 226 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Charlotte County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Phenix Elementary sits 55% below that benchmark.

Charlotte County Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,707 students. Phenix Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Phenix Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 28% Black, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Charlotte County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Phenix Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.4%; Phenix Elementary posts 78.9%, +15.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Charlotte County put median household income runs about $58,000, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Charlotte County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,707 students), of which Phenix Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Randolph-Henry High, around 5.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Phenix Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Phenix Elementary's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 226). The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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