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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Amherst Elementary, Amherst, VA

CEP schoolAmherst Elementary is a public elementary school in Amherst, part of Amherst County Public Schools. It enrolled 307 students in 2024-25, with 14.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
307
Teachers (FTE)
22.0
Students per teacher
14.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than the district figure of 12.5. The Virginia average across schools is 14.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.0
District12.5
Virginia14.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
156 Davis St, Amherst, VA 24521
Phone
(434)946-9704
District
Amherst County Public Schools
County
Amherst County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
510021000067
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
256
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
25683.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
256Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Amherst County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.