Smith Station Elementary

Set in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Smith Station Elementary is an average-sized elementary school, overseen by Spotsylvania County Public Schools. It instructs 715 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Smith Station Elementary sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Spotsylvania County Public Schools, which oversees 29 schools and 24,036 students, Smith Station Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Smith Station Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Smith Station Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Spotsylvania County's rate of about 58%.

With demographic context factored in, Smith Station Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Spotsylvania County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,738, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Spotsylvania County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,036 students), of which Smith Station Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Freedom Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Smith Station Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Smith Station Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Smith Station Elementary's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 715). The White share of enrollment shrank from 47% to 34% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Smith Station Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.