Rocky Mount Elementary

Located at 555 School Board Rd, in Rocky Mount, Virginia, Rocky Mount Elementary is an intimate primary school that enrolls 296 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Franklin County Public Schools. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 14 schools in Franklin County Public Schools (6,540 students total), Rocky Mount Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Rocky Mount Elementary lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 17% multiracial, 17% Black, 15% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Rocky Mount Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 69.3%, a residual of +5.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $68,849, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Franklin County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,540 students), of which Rocky Mount Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Benjamin Franklin Middle, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mount Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.9%.

Rocky Mount Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 381 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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