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If you had an hour of school board time for Sheffield Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCHBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510234000968
Sheffield Elementary
115 Kenwood Place, Lynchburg, VA 24502 · (434) 515-5290 · Lynchburg city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
411 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
59.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sheffield Elementary
Sheffield Elementary's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Elementary this school | 443 | 92.8% | 56.3% |
| Albert W. Patrick III Elementary Hampton | 394 | 92.4% | 62.9% |
| Riverside Elementary Newport News | 506 | 99.0% | 48.8% |
| Camp Allen Elementary Norfolk | 405 | 99.8% | 64.8% |
| Richneck Elementary Newport News | 502 | 99.6% | 55.1% |
| T. Ryland Sanford Elementary Newport News | 498 | 99.0% | 58.8% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sheffield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Lynchburg city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #897 of 1,101 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #906 of 1,111 ▲ 35 | #5 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #872 of 1,111 ▲ 117 | #5 of 11 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #720 of 1,176 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #221 of 1,105 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #262 of 1,106 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #284 of 1,157 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #179 of 324 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
443
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 93% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 94% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 91% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 24.6 | 16.9:1 | 87% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 86% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 66% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 46% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheffield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (416 to 443); teachers up 47% (24.6 to 36).
About Sheffield Elementary
Sheffield Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Lynchburg. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 443 students.
Sheffield Elementary is one of the 16 schools that make up Lynchburg City Public Schools (7,657 students in total).
Black students make up 46% of enrollment at Sheffield Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 24% White, 17% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Lynchburg city's population at about 27%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 93%. That is in line with the 95% average for public schools in Lynchburg city.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Sheffield Elementary outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sheffield Elementary is -6.6 points: 56.3% actual, 62.8% predicted.
In Lynchburg city, where the school is located, the median household earns about $57,947 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Sheffield Elementary, Lynchburg city has 24 public schools.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Heritage High, is the closest to Sheffield Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sheffield Elementary. On proficiency, Sheffield Elementary is behind the 58.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES assigns Sheffield Elementary the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school grew from 424 students in 2020-21 to 443 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.3:1 to 12.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Sheffield Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lynchburg city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,497
Census ACS
Median income
$57,947
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynchburg City Public Schools
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Sandusky MiddleMiddle · 583 students
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle for InnovationMiddle · 531 students
- Linkhorne MiddleMiddle · 519 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Lynchburg
- E.C. Glass HighHigh · 1,220 students
- Heritage HighHigh · 1,113 students
- Brookville HighHigh · 1,017 students
- Tomahawk ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Brookville MiddleMiddle · 648 students
- Leesville Road ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Other Sheffield Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sheffield Elementary. Sheffield Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sheffield Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 658 students
- Sheffield ElementaryMemphis, TN · 386 students
- Sheffield Elementary SchoolTurners Falls, MA · 199 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage High0.9 mi · 1,113
- Heritage Elementary1.1 mi · 448
- Sandusky Middle1.2 mi · 583
- Sandusky Elementary1.3 mi · 316
- Perrymont Elementary1.6 mi · 377
- T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation2.5 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About Sheffield ElementaryHow large is Sheffield Elementary?
Sheffield Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sheffield Elementary serve?
Sheffield Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sheffield Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Sheffield Elementary.
How diverse is Sheffield Elementary?
Sheffield Elementary reports a student body of 24% White, 17% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Sheffield Elementary in?
Sheffield Elementary is part of Lynchburg City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.