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)
510411001804	121	Rural Retreat Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Martha Debord Way	Rural Retreat	24386	Wythe County	Wythe County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 686-4125	361	27	13.6	77.3%	339 (93.9%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$7,248			$746			$6,503	84.9	82.1	172	51
510415002172	122	Coventry Elementary	Public	K-5	200 Owen Davis Blvd	Yorktown	23693	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0403	622	32	19.4	37.3%	313 (50.3%)	80 (12.9%)	61 (9.8%)	113 (18.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	52 (8.4%)	$7,514			$353			$7,161	84.8	88.7	63	59
510415001814	123	Grafton Bethel Elementary	Public	K-5	410 Lakeside Dr	Grafton	23692	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0350	604	29	20.8	41.2%	366 (60.6%)	46 (7.6%)	77 (12.7%)	38 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	76 (12.6%)	$8,287			$573			$7,714	84.8	84.8	125	2
510294001228	124	Union Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Union Hall Cir	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 724-7010	185	19	9.7	85.9%	131 (70.8%)	36 (19.5%)	10 (5.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	$9,961			$1,328			$8,633	84.7	88.5	66	58
510036002142	125	Forest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	One Scholar Lane	Forest	24551	Bedford County	Bedford County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 525-2681	362	20	18.2	18.0%	266 (73.5%)	21 (5.8%)	26 (7.2%)	27 (7.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)	$8,758			$256			$8,502	84.7	84.3	131	6
510225002514	126	Pinebrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	25480 Mindful Court	Aldie	20105	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 957-4325	849	65	13.1	15.2%	324 (38.2%)	81 (9.5%)	63 (7.4%)	322 (37.9%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (6.2%)	$12,293			$411			$11,882	84.7	81.8	178	52
510219000902	127	St. Charles Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2434 St. Charles Road	Saint Charles	24282	Lee County	Lee County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 383-4531	111	12	9.6	77.5%	108 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	$9,454			$2,096			$7,359	84.6	68.9	354	227
510390001735	128	Abingdon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19431 Woodland Hills Rd	Abingdon	24210	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 739-3400	410	34	12	77.1%	356 (86.8%)	20 (4.9%)	12 (2.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.4%)	$9,139			$536			$8,603	84.6	85.4	120	8
510189000827	129	Short Pump Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3425 Pump Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 360-0812	541	34	15.9	19.8%	254 (47.0%)	44 (8.1%)	34 (6.3%)	167 (30.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.4%)	$7,830			$787			$7,043	84.5	83.3	149	20
510333001464	130	Mount Pleasant Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3216 Mt Pleasant Blvd	Roanoke	24014	Roanoke city	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 427-1879	258	22	12	79.8%	187 (72.5%)	6 (2.3%)	31 (12.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (12.0%)	$9,504			$785			$8,719	84.5	76.2	251	121

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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.