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)
510384001682	71	Creeds Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	920 Princess Anne Rd	Virginia Beach	23457	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-2400	315	23	13.8	21.0%	273 (86.7%)	4 (1.3%)	20 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.8%)	$16,315			$775			$15,540	87.9	86.6	99	28
510333001446	72	Cave Spring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5404 Springlawn Ave	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7558	508	33	15.6	23.8%	387 (76.2%)	22 (4.3%)	40 (7.9%)	35 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.5%)	$7,483			$98			$7,385	87.9	88.4	68	4
510384001719	73	Trantwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2344 Inlynnview Rd	Virginia Beach	23454	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-4000	499	37	13.5	24.0%	372 (74.5%)	36 (7.2%)	44 (8.8%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.0%)	$12,889			$826			$12,063	87.6	86.3	104	31
510384001931	74	New Castle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4136 Dam Neck Road	Virginia Beach	23456	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-3080	715	41	17.6	25.5%	311 (43.5%)	94 (13.1%)	101 (14.1%)	103 (14.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	101 (14.1%)	$10,715			$635			$10,080	87.6	87.3	88	14
510027003093	75	Arlington Science Focus School	Public	PK, KG-5	1501 Lincoln Street	Arlington	22201	Arlington County	Arlington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 228-7670	549	44	12.4	12.4%	303 (55.2%)	43 (7.8%)	44 (8.0%)	88 (16.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (12.6%)								87.5	87.4	84	9
510189002123	76	Gayton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12481 Church Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 360-0820	544	34	16	18.9%	415 (76.3%)	26 (4.8%)	28 (5.1%)	46 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.3%)	$8,356			$843			$7,513	87.5	93.2	18	58
510189001912	77	Echo Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5200 Francistown Rd	Glen Allen	23060	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 527-4672	528	33	16	32.4%	243 (46.0%)	45 (8.5%)	33 (6.3%)	152 (28.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (9.8%)	$9,079			$528			$8,552	87.5	87.2	89	12
510126000577	78	Vienna Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	128 Center St S	Vienna	22180	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 937-6000	382	28	13.5	4.7%	250 (65.4%)	5 (1.3%)	31 (8.1%)	61 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.2%)	$12,489			$489			$11,999	87.4	87	92	14
510313001168	79	Mountain View Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	5600 McLeod Way	Haymarket	20169	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 754-4161	470	29	16	11.1%	273 (58.1%)	46 (9.8%)	59 (12.6%)	60 (12.8%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$9,626			$174			$9,452	87.4	84.7	126	47
510084000335	80	J.B. Watkins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Coalfield Rd.	Midlothian	23114	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 378-2530	814	50	16.4	15.5%	571 (70.1%)	71 (8.7%)	45 (5.5%)	71 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.9%)	$6,759			$204			$6,556	87.4	89.2	59	21

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.