Summary:
Parksley, Virginia has just one school in the data: Metompkin Elementary, a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 with 435 students in the Accomack County Public Schools district. Because the city has no middle or high school, this analysis focuses entirely on elementary-level performance, comparing the school against district and state benchmarks.
Metompkin Elementary is a low-ranking school statewide, consistently earning 1 star and sitting in the 12th–16th percentile of Virginia elementary schools. The school struggles most in mathematics — proficiency rates range from 43.86% in 3rd grade to 56.34% in 5th grade, well behind both district and state averages — and 5th-grade science proficiency is just 43.66%. Math scores also fell by 9–11 points across all grades compared to the prior year. However, there are notable bright spots: 4th-grade Virginia Studies proficiency jumped 25.7 points to an impressive 82.05%, outperforming both the district and state by over 11 points. Fifth-grade English reading reached 67.61%, above the district average. Chronic absenteeism is just 7.0%, significantly better than the district's 10.1% and the state's 14.8%.
The school operates with a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 and spends $9,541 per student. The free/reduced lunch rate exceeds 100%, which reflects universal meal eligibility under the Community Eligibility Provision and indicates a predominantly economically disadvantaged student population. Despite that challenge, attendance is a clear strength. The elementary-only context means the data cannot track students into middle or high school, but the strong 5th-grade reading results and low absenteeism suggest a solid foundation. To improve its overall 1-star ranking, Metompkin Elementary will need to reverse the recent declines in math and science, while leveraging its evident strengths in Virginia Studies, reading, and attendance.
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