Crozet Elementary
The in-town school, and the larger of Crozet's two elementary zones by parcel count — the larger of the two Crozet elementary zones by parcel count. Home of the Eagles.
By Josh Keeton, Town Realty · Updated
Grades PK–5 · Students 571 · Address 1407 Crozet Avenue, Crozet, VA 22932 · Phone 434-823-4800
The Crozet Elementary zone in color, with the neighborhoods in it. Click a neighborhood to see it.
Which neighborhoods are in the Crozet Elementary zone?
Crozet Elementary covers twelve of the fourteen neighborhoods profiled on this site: downtown Crozet, Westhall, Western Ridge, Glenbrook at Foothill Crossing, Grayrock, Pleasant Green, Westlake Hills, Orchard Acres, Waylands Grant, Brookwood, Emerald Ridge and Park Ln. Only Old Trail and Haden Place are Brownsville. The boundary follows streets rather than subdivision lines — Brookwood has a single parcel on the line zoned Brownsville — so confirm the exact address rather than assuming from the subdivision name.
Crozet Elementary is a PK–5 Albemarle County public school in the center of Crozet, Virginia. At 4,147 parcels it is the larger of the town's two elementary zones, covering twelve of the fourteen neighborhoods profiled on this site. It expanded in 2022, when 219 students were reassigned from Brownsville Elementary to rebalance enrollment between the two schools.
That redistricting is the single most important fact on this page. If you are reading a zoning list published before it, that list is wrong. Every Crozet Elementary student goes on to Joseph T. Henley Middle School and then Western Albemarle High School, so this choice shapes the first six years and nothing after.
Where is Crozet Elementary?
Crozet Elementary is at 1407 Crozet Avenue, Crozet, VA 22932. The school's phone number is 434-823-4800.
What grades does Crozet Elementary teach, and is it accredited?
Crozet Elementary teaches grades PK–5 and is accredited, per the Virginia Department of Education.
Where do Crozet Elementary students go for middle and high school?
Joseph T. Henley Middle School, then Western Albemarle High School — the same destination as Brownsville and the two Ivy-area schools. Six years from now, your child's classmates will include the kids from all four elementary zones.
How many students attend Crozet Elementary?
571 students in 2024-25 (fall membership), a student-teacher ratio of 15.27:1.
What are the bell times at Crozet Elementary?
The school day runs from 7:55 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the building opens to students at 7:45 a.m., per the school's 2024-25 family handbook. Students who arrive after 7:55 must check in at the front office.
That handbook is dated August 15, 2024 and is the newest one the school posts, so confirm this year's times with the front office before you plan a morning. The county's after-school program runs in the building from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. for enrolled students.
Is there before- and after-school care at Crozet Elementary?
After-school care, yes: the county's After School Enrichment Program (ASEP) runs at every elementary school, Crozet Elementary included, from dismissal until 5:45 p.m. on full school days. Before-school care isn't listed in the program's description.
Families choose full-time (4–5 days a week) or part-time (1–3 days). Spots depend on staffing and space, so registration is a lottery with a waitlist, and the program doesn't run on half-days. On student holidays, a separate Student Holiday Program runs 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. at Agnor Elementary, not in Crozet.
Quick answers
What neighborhoods are zoned for Crozet Elementary?
Twelve of the fourteen neighborhoods profiled on this site — everything except Old Trail and Haden Place, which are Brownsville. At 4,147 parcels it is the larger of the town's two elementary zones. Assignment follows the street address rather than the subdivision name, and at least one neighborhood, Brookwood, has a single parcel on the line recorded as Brownsville.
Why were students moved to Crozet Elementary?
Albemarle County reassigned 219 students from Brownsville Elementary to Crozet Elementary in 2022, effective that school year, to rebalance enrollment between the two Crozet-area schools after years of residential growth in the county's designated growth area. Crozet Elementary was expanded from a design capacity of 330 to 680 to take them.
What middle school does Crozet Elementary feed into?
Joseph T. Henley Middle School for grades 6 through 8, then Western Albemarle High School for grades 9 through 12 — the same path as all four elementary schools in the Western Albemarle feeder pattern.
Is Crozet Elementary walkable from downtown?
From some streets, yes — the school sits a few blocks off Crozet Avenue, and families close in routinely walk or bike. Walkability drops off quickly outside the immediate downtown grid, since sidewalks don't run continuously in every direction.
Crozet Elementary or Brownsville — which should I aim for?
Neither is rated above the other by Albemarle County, and both feed Joseph T. Henley Middle School and then Western Albemarle High School, so the long-term path is identical. The differences that are real are commute, walkability and which side of the attendance line a specific address falls on.
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