Woodberry Hills Elementary

Woodberry Hills Elementary is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Danville, Virginia, overseen by Danville City Public Schools, caters to 377 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 499.

Woodberry Hills Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Danville City Public Schools, a district that hosts 5,564 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Woodberry Hills Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Woodberry Hills Elementary has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Woodberry Hills Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodberry Hills Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.0%; actual is 43.9%, a gap of -19.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Danville city) logs that median household earnings sit near $44,423, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Woodberry Hills Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Danville city (combined enrollment of about 5,564 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westwood Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodberry Hills Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodberry Hills Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Woodberry Hills Elementary's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 377). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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