📍 1564 Dairy Road, Charlottesville, Charlottesville city, 22903
Walker Upper Elementary is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Charlottesville, Charlottesville city. The school has 616 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charlottesville City Public Schools school district. It serves grades 5–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 31% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Walker Upper Elementary enrolls 616 students across grades 5–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% White, 27% Black or African American and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 239 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 164 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 88 | 14% |
| Asian | 35 | 5.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
442 of the school's 616 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 442 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Walker Upper Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-50, state senate district 25, state house district 57.
Walker Upper Elementary is one of 10 schools in Charlottesville City Public Schools, based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The district serves 4,439 students district-wide and employs 389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 616 students, Walker Upper Elementary is larger than the district average of about 444 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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