Best Elementary Schools in Virginia

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1110)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
51	Kingston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3532 Kings Grant Rd	Virginia Beach	23452	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-2840	518	33	15.6	10.8%	404 (78.0%)	14 (2.7%)	34 (6.6%)	13 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (10.2%)	$14,466			$1,192			$13,275	90	86.7	94	43		510384001698
52	Glebe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1770 N. Glebe Road	Arlington	22207	Arlington County	Arlington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 228-6280	574	40	14.3	15.3%	317 (55.2%)	36 (6.3%)	98 (17.1%)	58 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (11.3%)	$13,614			$00			$13,614	89.9	91.3	31	21		510027000092
53	Saltville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1013 E Main St	Saltville	24370	Smyth County	Smyth County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(276) 496-4751	189	16	11.5	101.6%	173 (91.5%)	3 (1.6%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.2%)	$12,996			$1,838			$11,157	89.8	84.3	133	80		510352001566
54	W.W. Gordon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11701 Gordon School Rd.	North Chesterfield	23236	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 378-2410	628	38	16.5	17.7%	469 (74.7%)	53 (8.4%)	48 (7.6%)	18 (2.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.7%)	$7,411			$250			$7,161	89.6	82.7	160	106		510084001835
55	Seaford Elementary	Public	K-5	1105 Seaford Rd	Seaford	23696	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0352	552	31	17.8	35.7%	350 (63.4%)	53 (9.6%)	52 (9.4%)	18 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (14.1%)	$11,211			$465			$10,746	89.6	91.7	27	28		510415001818
56	Mary Munford Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	211 Westmoreland Street	Richmond	23226	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 780-6267	476			100.4%	369 (77.5%)	31 (6.5%)	33 (6.9%)	14 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$11,589			$917			$10,672	89.6	88	67	11		510324001383
57	Poplar Tree Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13440 Melville Ln	Chantilly	20151	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 633-7400	683	49	13.8	10.2%	239 (35.0%)	34 (5.0%)	61 (8.9%)	309 (45.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.9%)	$11,587			$469			$11,117	89.5	90.7	39	18		510126002182
58	Fox Mill Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	2611 Viking Dr	Herndon	20171	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 262-2700	650	46	14.1	9.2%	395 (60.8%)	18 (2.8%)	67 (10.3%)	79 (12.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	89 (13.7%)	$12,526			$320			$12,205	89.4	85.6	108	50		510126001838
59	Tabb Elementary	Public	K-5	3711 Big Bethel Rd	Yorktown	23693	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 898-0372	707	43	16.4	28.9%	357 (50.5%)	94 (13.3%)	111 (15.7%)	48 (6.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (13.4%)	$8,227			$159			$8,068	89.4	91	34	25		510415001819
60	David A. Kaechele Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5680 Pouncey Tract Road	Glen Allen	23059	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 364-8080	455	33	14	11.9%	197 (43.3%)	37 (8.1%)	22 (4.8%)	167 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.0%)	$10,753			$893			$9,861	89.4	89.7	51	9		510189002953

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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 28, 2025, 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.