Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Winchester, Virginia, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary hosts 415 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Winchester City Public Schools.

Across the 7 schools in Winchester City Public Schools (4,362 students total), Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 19% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Winchester city as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.3%; this one comes in at 50.5%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Winchester city indicate median household income runs about $63,974, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Winchester city runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,235 students), of which Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Daniel Morgan Middle, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.2%.

Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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