Trailblazer Elementary

As a compact elementary school in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trailblazer Elementary caters to 320 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Charlottesville City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Within Charlottesville City Public Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 4,439 students, Trailblazer Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trailblazer Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Asian, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Trailblazer Elementary lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Trailblazer Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Trailblazer Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 65.5%.

In the broader community, Charlottesville city reports that median household income runs about $74,824, about 63% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trailblazer Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Charlottesville city (combined enrollment of about 5,150 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jackson P. Burley Middle, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Trailblazer Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Trailblazer Elementary's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 320). White enrollment moved from 59% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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