The Northside Preschool

The Northside Preschool is an elementary school located in Danville, Virginia, in Danville city. A federal count lists 137 students at the school, in pre-K. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.

The Northside Preschool is part of Danville City Public Schools, where 13 schools serve 5,564 students.

At The Northside Preschool, Black students make up 72% of the student body. The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. The school's Black share is 21 points above the 51% share among Danville city residents. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Teacher staffing is 11.2 full-time equivalents, or about 12.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia.

In Danville city (population about 42,214), the median household income is $44,423, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. The Northside Preschool is one of 20 public schools in the county.

The nearest other public school, G.L.H. Johnson Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale data from NCES put The Northside Preschool in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).

The 2020-21 count was 53 students and the 2024-25 count was 137. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.8:1 in 2020-21 to 12.2:1 in 2024-25.

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