Rich Acres Elementary

Rich Acres Elementary is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in Martinsville, Virginia, operated by Henry County Public Schools, teacheing 253 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Henry County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,916 students. Rich Acres Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rich Acres Elementary lists that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Rich Acres Elementary lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rich Acres 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 60.5%; Rich Acres Elementary posts 77.6%, +17.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Henry County shows median household earnings sit near $50,760, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Henry County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,916 students), Rich Acres Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Drewry Mason Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rich Acres Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.7%.

Rich Acres Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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