Stuarts Draft Elementary

Stuarts Draft Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, run under Augusta County Public Schools, serves 646 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Stuarts Draft Elementary sits 29% above that benchmark.

Within Augusta County Public Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 10,742 students, Stuarts Draft Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stuarts Draft Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Stuarts Draft Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Stuarts Draft Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.2%, the actual is 70.1%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Augusta County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,049, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Augusta County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students), of which Stuarts Draft Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stuarts Draft Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Stuarts Draft Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stuarts Draft Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 68.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Stuarts Draft Elementary's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 646). White enrollment moved from 78% to 74% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.