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Gordon-Barbour Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades PK–5

500 W Baker Street, Gordonsville, VA 22942 · (540) 661-4500 · Part of Orange County Public Schools

Gordonsville’s School Grade B− better than 52% of Virginia school districts

Directions
Students
326
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
71%
Setting
Rural
Grades
PK–5
The gist

What stands out about Gordon-Barbour Elementary

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 39% of Virginia’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 8 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Gordonsville kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where Gordonsville kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–5Gordon-Barbour ElementaryYou are here
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency52%
State average 54.4%
Reading / language arts62%
State average 69.5%

Its own letter, C+, places these results among Virginia’s 1,758 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

500 W Baker Street, Gordonsville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K33
Kindergarten44
Grade 144
Grade 256
Grade 345
Grade 444
Grade 560
Enrollment over time
310’20
314’21
321’22
344’23
326’24

Up 5.2% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 60%Black 17%Hispanic 11%Two or more races 10%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Gordon-Barbour Elementary from Gordonsville families.

Other schools in Orange County Public Schools

The district →
Orange Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Orange
C
621 students17:1
Locust Grove Primary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Locust Grove
500 students17:1
Unionville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Unionville
256 students17:1
Locust Grove Elementary
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Locust Grove
C+
519 students17:1
Lightfoot Elementary
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Unionville
C−
224 students17:1
Locust Grove Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Locust Grove
C
685 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Virginia’s other public schools; Gordonsville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.