Central Elementary Primary School
575 Union Hill Rd
Amherst VA, 24521, Amherst County
Phone: 434-946-9700
Ranking:
(1,418 out of 1,459, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Amherst County Public Schools
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 20 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | |||||||
Total Students: | 292 | 289 | 290 | 300 | 335 | 355 | 332 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 25 | 8.6% | 56 | 19.4% | 68 | 23.4% | 60 | 20.0% | 60 | 17.9% | 49 | 13.8% | 36 | 10.8% |
Kindergarten: | 55 | 18.8% | 48 | 16.6% | 38 | 13.1% | 32 | 10.7% | 46 | 13.7% | 52 | 14.6% | 56 | 16.9% |
Grade 1: | 50 | 17.1% | 40 | 13.8% | 29 | 10.0% | 34 | 11.3% | 40 | 11.9% | 47 | 13.2% | 50 | 15.1% |
Grade 2: | 43 | 14.7% | 32 | 11.1% | 38 | 13.1% | 35 | 11.7% | 40 | 11.9% | 50 | 14.1% | 45 | 13.6% |
Grade 3: | 36 | 12.3% | 38 | 13.1% | 30 | 10.3% | 38 | 12.7% | 47 | 14.0% | 54 | 15.2% | 48 | 14.5% |
Grade 4: | 42 | 14.4% | 36 | 12.5% | 39 | 13.4% | 47 | 15.7% | 52 | 15.5% | 54 | 15.2% | 46 | 13.9% |
Grade 5: | 41 | 14.0% | 39 | 13.5% | 48 | 16.6% | 54 | 18.0% | 50 | 14.9% | 49 | 13.8% | 51 | 15.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 153 | 52.4% | 148 | 51.2% | 155 | 53.4% | 160 | 53.3% | 186 | 55.5% | 185 | 52.1% | 189 | 56.9% |
Female: | 139 | 47.6% | 141 | 48.8% | 135 | 46.6% | 140 | 46.7% | 136 | 40.6% | 154 | 43.4% | 132 | 39.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 6 | 2.1% | 5 | 1.7% | 5 | 1.7% | 3 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% |
Hispanic: | 5 | 1.7% | 8 | 2.8% | 10 | 3.4% | 3 | 1.0% | 5 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.7% | 4 | 1.2% |
Black: | 58 | 19.9% | 65 | 22.5% | 82 | 28.3% | 90 | 30.0% | 107 | 31.9% | 115 | 32.4% | 107 | 32.2% |
White: | 210 | 71.9% | 207 | 71.6% | 188 | 64.8% | 198 | 66.0% | 216 | 64.5% | 224 | 63.1% | 213 | 64.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 12 | 4.1% | 4 | 1.4% | 5 | 1.7% | 6 | 2.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 176 | 60.3% | 157 | 54.3% | 157 | 54.1% | 165 | 55.0% | 161 | 48.1% | 158 | 44.5% | 154 | 46.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 29 | 9.9% | 31 | 10.7% | 20 | 6.9% | 20 | 6.7% | 34 | 10.1% | 45 | 12.7% | 41 | 12.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.51 | 13.07 | 10.75 | 12.50 | 13.96 | 16.10 | 15.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
SOL | ||||||
2005 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 76% | 77% |
2006 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59% | 85% | 84% |
2007 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 86% | 81% |
2008 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73% | 83% | 84% |
2009 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71% | 83% | 86% |
2010 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 87% | 84% |
2011 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 76% | 83% |
2012 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 82% | 86% |
2013 | English Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79% | 75.8% | 72.5% |
2005 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 89% | 90% |
2006 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 90% | 91% |
2007 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84% | 94% | 93% |
2008 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 94% | 93% |
2009 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 96% | 93% |
2010 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 93% | 93% |
2011 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 82% | 85% |
2012 | History | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 83% | 87% |
2005 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 89% | 88% |
2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70% | 87% | 90% |
2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 90% | 89% |
2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 88% | 89% |
2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 92% | 89% |
2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 93% | 91% |
2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 87% | 91% |
2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52% | 46% | 64% |
2013 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 53.2% | 65.3% |
2005 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 88% | 89% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 93% | 90% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 92% | 88% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 91% | 88% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89% | 94% | 88% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76% | 92% | 91% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 90% | 89% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | 90% | 89% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 86.5% | 83.6% |
2006 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74% | 83% | 87% |
2007 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64% | 84% | 87% |
2008 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88% | 88% | 88% |
2009 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73% | 83% | 88% |
2010 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70% | 81% | 88% |
2011 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 86% | 87% |
2012 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78% | 80% | 88% |
2013 | English Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 67.7% | 70.1% |
2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 40% | 74% | 78% |
2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 74% | 81% |
2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 77% | 84% |
2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 85% | 87% |
2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89% | 86% | 88% |
2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83% | 84% | 89% |
2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 54% | 55% | 70% |
2013 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 62% | 74.7% |
2005 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 84% | 85% |
2006 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77% | 90% | 87% |
2007 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 85% | 87% |
2008 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76% | 83% | 89% |
2009 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 90% | 92% |
2010 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 83% | 91% |
2011 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83% | 87% | 89% |
2012 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 90% | 89% |
2013 | English Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 65.5% | 73.3% |
2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 69% | 86% | 80% |
2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71% | 88% | 83% |
2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 77% | 87% | 86% |
2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 85% | 88% |
2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 91% | 90% |
2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90% | 91% |
2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 87% | 89% |
2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 48% | 53% | 67% |
2013 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 50.8% | 69.5% |
2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76% | 88% | 81% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 87% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 87% | 88% | 88% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 89% | 88% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82% | 93% | 88% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 91% | 88% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 95% | 90% | 87% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93% | 90% | 88% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 71.5% | 75.6% |
2005 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 91% | 91% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 90% | 89% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 76% | 82% | 89% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 80% | 87% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 76% | 88% | 86% |
2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 85% | 88% |
2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 80% | 87% |
2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 77% | 77% | 87% |
2013 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 63.5% | 70.6% |
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* Central Elementary Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.