Best Elementary Schools in Virginia

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1114)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
510267001096	261	Ghent K-8	Public	K-8	200 Shirley Ave	Norfolk	23517	Norfolk city	Norfolk City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 628-2565	482	36	13.3	96.7%	200 (41.5%)	216 (44.8%)	24 (5.0%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.1%)								76.7	68.4	366	105
510126002334	262	Island Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7855 Morning View Ln	Alexandria	22315	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 642-6300	693	49	14	13.3%	339 (48.9%)	106 (15.3%)	100 (14.4%)	76 (11.0%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	68 (9.8%)	$11,179			$147			$11,032	76.6	80.1	206	56
510298001230	263	Poquoson Elementary	Public	3-5	1033 Poquoson Ave	Poquoson	23662	Poquoson city	Poquoson City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 868-6921	444	24	18.8	20.7%	382 (86.0%)	8 (1.8%)	24 (5.4%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.6%)	$7,548			$683			$6,865	76.6	82.5	163	100
510042002527	264	Greenfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	288 Etzler Rd	Troutville	24175	Botetourt County	Botetourt County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 992-4416	426	32	13.5	36.9%	333 (78.2%)	6 (1.4%)	69 (16.2%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.6%)	$9,923			$696			$9,226	76.6	81.4	185	79
510084001990	265	Swift Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13800 Genito Rd.	Midlothian	23112	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 739-6305	708	40	17.7	26.8%	489 (69.1%)	77 (10.9%)	55 (7.8%)	37 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.1%)	$6,926			$71			$6,855	76.2	79.6	216	49
510313002039	266	A. Henderson Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	3799 Waterway Dr	Dumfries	22025	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 670-2885	846	45	18.8	33.7%	270 (31.9%)	172 (20.3%)	206 (24.3%)	107 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	89 (10.5%)	$7,033			$147			$6,886	76.2	72.5	303	37
510333001455	267	Glen Cove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5901 Cove Rd	Roanoke	24019	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 561-8135	407	28	14.8	47.9%	248 (60.9%)	71 (17.4%)	38 (9.3%)	19 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.6%)	$7,851			$108			$7,743	76.1	75.2	264	3
510384001693	268	Kempsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	570 Kempsville Rd	Virginia Beach	23464	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-2720	469	35	13.4	42.0%	253 (53.9%)	65 (13.9%)	53 (11.3%)	19 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	71 (15.1%)	$14,754			$1,123			$13,631	76	76	255	13
510261001038	269	George W. Watkins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6501 New Kent Hwy	Quinton	23141	New Kent County	New Kent County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(804) 966-9660	439	35	12.5	25.7%	340 (77.4%)	38 (8.7%)	22 (5.0%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.1%)	$7,284			$135			$7,149	75.6	73.9	279	10
510415001815	270	Magruder Elementary	Public	K-5	700 Penniman Rd	Williamsburg	23185	James City County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(757) 220-4067	663			47.4%	315 (47.5%)	122 (18.4%)	107 (16.1%)	22 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	95 (14.3%)	$10,202			$456			$9,746	75.5	70.6	336	66

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SOL Mathematics, SOL English Reading, SOL VA Studies, SOL Science, SOL Algebra I, SOL Civics and Economics test scores released by the Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.