Stuart Elementary

Stuart Elementary is one of the low-enrollment elementary-level communitys in Stuart, Virginia, operated by Patrick County Public Schools, with 361 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 7. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Stuart Elementary sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Patrick County Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 2,276 students, Stuart Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Stuart Elementary records that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Stuart Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Patrick County's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Stuart Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 78.4%, a residual of +14.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Patrick County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,038 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Patrick County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,276 students), of which Stuart Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Patrick County High, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Stuart Elementary. On composite proficiency, Stuart Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 78.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stuart Elementary has decreased 11%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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