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)
510294001224	111	Southside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	440 East Witt Rd	Blairs	24527	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 836-0006	413	35	11.8	82.1%	257 (62.2%)	121 (29.3%)	14 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.8%)	$7,431			$555			$6,876	85.5	86.4	103	8
510009000022	112	Hollymead Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2775 Powell Creek Drive	Charlottesville	22911	Albemarle County	Albemarle County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 973-8301	352	26	13.8	19.3%	210 (59.7%)	21 (6.0%)	22 (6.3%)	64 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (9.9%)	$11,578			$118			$11,460	85.5	89.9	50	62
510313001303	113	John F. Pattie Senior Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	16125 Dumfries Road	Dumfries	22025	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 670-3173	924	70	13.2	47.2%	270 (29.2%)	249 (26.9%)	241 (26.1%)	92 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	71 (7.7%)	$6,171			$89			$6,082	85.4	83.7	138	25
510384001718	114	Thoroughgood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1701 Pleasure House Rd (temp.)	Virginia Beach	23455	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-3920	749	40	18.9	19.5%	541 (72.2%)	46 (6.1%)	66 (8.8%)	30 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	61 (8.1%)	$11,978			$556			$11,422	85.4	83.7	140	26
510126000533	115	Mantua Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9107 Horner Court	Fairfax	22031	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 645-6300	932	59	15.7	13.3%	446 (47.9%)	45 (4.8%)	132 (14.2%)	231 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	76 (8.2%)	$10,092			$141			$9,952	85.3	85.4	119	4
510225001855	116	Hillside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	43000 Ellzey Dr	Ashburn	20148	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 252-2170	627	43	14.5	16.3%	255 (40.7%)	41 (6.5%)	79 (12.6%)	203 (32.4%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (7.0%)	$15,139			$383			$14,756	85.3	79.8	210	94
510313001170	117	Old Bridge Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3051 Old Bridge Road	Woodbridge	22192	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 491-5614	484	31	15.4	31.2%	180 (37.2%)	64 (13.2%)	142 (29.3%)	43 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (11.0%)	$9,954			$305			$9,649	85.2	87.3	87	30
510369001608	118	Thomas C. McSwain Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 N Coalter St	Staunton	24401	Staunton city	Staunton City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 332-3936	415	30	13.8	100.2%	315 (75.9%)	30 (7.2%)	29 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.6%)	$8,207			$700			$7,507	85.2	86.5	101	17
510129001844	119	Oak Street Elementary	Public	3-5	601 S Oak St	Falls Church	22046	Falls Church city	Falls Church City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 248-5660	526	40	13.3	6.7%	343 (65.2%)	12 (2.3%)	59 (11.2%)	35 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (14.4%)	$12,526			$258			$12,269	85.2	85.9	106	13
510294001221	120	Mount Airy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Mt Airy Elementary Cir	Gretna	24557	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1816	142	17	8.3	78.9%	82 (57.7%)	46 (32.4%)	9 (6.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$10,871			$1,605			$9,266	85	68.8	357	237

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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.