Round Hill Elementary

Round Hill Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Roanoke, Virginia, run under Roanoke City Public Schools. The school works with 720 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Roanoke City Public Schools, which oversees 24 schools and 13,811 students, Round Hill Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Round Hill Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Round Hill Elementary reports 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Round Hill Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.5%; this one comes in at 42.4%, -18.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Roanoke city) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,378 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Round Hill Elementary is one of 30 public schools in Roanoke city (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students).

The closest other public school is Roanoke Academy For Mathematics & Science Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Round Hill Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.1%.

Round Hill Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Round Hill Elementary has increased 4%, going from 694 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 55% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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