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Waterman Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg city. The school has 530 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Harrisonburg City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Waterman Elementary enrolls 530 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 25% White and 6.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 324 | 61% |
| White | 134 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
418 of the school's 530 students (79%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 418 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.
Waterman 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-60, state senate district 26, state house district 26.
Waterman Elementary is one of 10 schools in Harrisonburg City Public Schools, based in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The district serves 6,652 students district-wide and employs 523 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 530 students, Waterman Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 665 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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