Best Elementary Schools in Virginia for African American Students

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Every year, the Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SOL test scores by the Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 588)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
510126000568	1	Springfield Estates Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6200 Charles Goff Dr	Springfield	22150	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 921-2300	612	40	15.3	34.6%	141 (23.0%)	91 (14.9%)	182 (29.7%)	151 (24.7%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	42 (6.9%)	$10,407			$280			$10,127	99.8%	79.4%	20.39%
510313002798	2	Mary G. Porter Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	15311 Forest Grove Drive	Woodbridge	22191	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 580-6501	672	41	16.4	29.9%	109 (16.2%)	312 (46.4%)	72 (10.7%)	140 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (5.7%)	$7,276			$189			$7,087	99.7%	99.4%	0.29%
510126002119	3	Sangster Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7420 Reservation Dr	Springfield	22153	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 644-8200	925	52	17.7	3.2%	557 (60.2%)	75 (8.1%)	71 (7.7%)	138 (14.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (9.0%)	$9,276			$164			$9,112	99.5%	99.8%	0.33%
510126000061	4	Belvedere Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6540 Columbia Pike	Falls Church	22041	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(703) 916-6800	617	47	13.2	49.9%	173 (28.0%)	78 (12.6%)	254 (41.2%)	78 (12.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.3%)	$13,124			$681			$12,442	99.3%	67.7%	31.64%
510180000761	5	Mary W. Jackson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	113 Wellington Dr	Hampton	23666	Hampton city	Hampton City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 825-4641	309	23	13.4	111.7%	73 (23.6%)	176 (57.0%)	20 (6.5%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (11.7%)	$8,757			$339			$8,418	99.1%	94.5%	4.63%
510313002418	6	Pennington Traditional	Public, Magnet	1-8	9305 Stonewall Rd.	Manassas	20110	Manassas city	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 369-6644	654	38	17.4	28.0%	182 (27.8%)	153 (23.4%)	112 (17.1%)	165 (25.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	39 (6.0%)	$7,256			$145			$7,111	99.0%	95.2%	3.74%
510313002787	7	Samuel L. Gravely Junior Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	4670 Waverly Farm Drive	Haymarket	20169	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(571) 248-4930	794	43	18.3	12.7%	510 (64.2%)	45 (5.7%)	117 (14.7%)	45 (5.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (9.3%)	$7,560			$97			$7,464	98.8%	94.8%	4.02%
510126000501	8	Hunt Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7107 Sydenstricker Rd	Springfield	22152	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 913-8800	733	47	15.5	10.5%	377 (51.4%)	73 (10.0%)	82 (11.2%)	104 (14.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (13.0%)	$11,814			$204			$11,610	98.6%	92.0%	6.63%
510294001219	9	John L. Hurt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	315 Prospect Rd	Hurt	24563	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1812	248	20	12.4	81.9%	174 (70.2%)	54 (21.8%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.2%)	$9,038			$518			$8,520	98.5%	95.7%	2.78%
510126000508	10	Keene Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6310 Bardu Ave	Springfield	22152	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 644-4700	769	44	17.4	17.6%	296 (38.5%)	109 (14.2%)	146 (19.0%)	142 (18.5%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (9.4%)	$9,310			$153			$9,156	98.3%	91.4%	6.92%

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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.