Scottsville Elementary

Scottsville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Scottsville, Virginia, operated by Albemarle County Public Schools. The school hosts 216 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Scottsville Elementary sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Albemarle County Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 14,149 students; Scottsville Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Scottsville Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Scottsville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Albemarle County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Scottsville Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 68.3%; actual is 49.5%, a gap of -18.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Albemarle County shows median household earnings sit near $104,392, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Albemarle County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students), Scottsville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Leslie H. Walton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scottsville Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.3%.

Scottsville Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Scottsville Elementary's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 216). The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 70% over that span.

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