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Sycamore Park Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

933^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,111 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Sycamore Park Elementary is a PK–5 school in Culpeper, VA, serving 689 students as part of Culpeper County Public Schools. The school currently ranks in the bottom 16th percentile of Virginia elementary schools — 933rd out of 1,111 — and has consistently ranked in the bottom 15–20% over the past decade. It serves a highly economically disadvantaged population, with 87.2% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch, one of the highest rates among nearby elementary schools.

Academically, the school trails its district and the state in every tested subject and grade level. The widest gaps are in reading: 5th-grade reading proficiency is 21 points below the state average, and 4th-grade reading is 17 points below. The school is also the lowest-ranked among nearby schools — A.G. Richardson Elementary and Emerald Hill Elementary, both in the same district just a few miles away, rank in the mid-60th percentile. Notably, Pearl Sample Elementary serves a similarly high-poverty population (82.4% free/reduced lunch) yet ranks in the 58th percentile, suggesting that poverty alone does not explain the school's performance. There were some bright spots in the most recent testing year: 4th-grade reading jumped from 40% to 56.3% proficiency, and 4th-grade math rose from 53.9% to 68.1%. However, 3rd-grade math and 5th-grade science slipped, so it's unclear whether these gains will hold.

The school has meaningful strengths to build on. Chronic absenteeism improved to 12.9% in 2024-2025 — better than both the district (18.9%) and state (14.8%). English Learner students reached the 50th percentile statewide, a remarkable turnaround from the 10th percentile just two years earlier. However, outcomes for African American students have dropped sharply, from the 91st percentile in 2022-2023 to the 11th percentile in 2025-2026, which warrants attention. Spending is also a concern: at $9,768 per student, the school spends less than schools like Grace Miller Elementary and Margaret M. Pierce Elementary, which spend over $11,500 per student while serving far fewer low-income families.

689

Students ?

15.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,768

Per pupil spending ?

87.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

451 Radio Ln
Culpeper, VA 22701

(540) 825-8847

District: Culpeper County Public Schools

Students who attend Sycamore Park Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Culpeper Middle
High:	Culpeper County High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.4%

White:

21.3%

African American:

15.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 17th percentile in 2016 → 16th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (58% vs 72% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!English Reading scores 19 pts below the Virginia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school58%

District avg70%

Virginia avg72%

933^rd of 1,111

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Culpeper County Public Schools

92^nd of 131Culpeper County Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	21.0	933 of 1111	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.8	984 of 1110	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	949 of 1114	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	964 of 1114	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	933 of 1109	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.7	857 of 1103	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.6	926 of 1105	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	956 of 1097	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.0	1008 of 1099	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	26.2	913 of 1096	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	29.3	876 of 1100	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.3	996 of 1110	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.7	906 of 1120	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	22.3	1008 of 1117	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	44.1	731 of 1117	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.2	864 of 1113	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.3	953 of 1082	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.3	851 of 1081	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	37.2	798 of 1083	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	48.8	632 of 1071	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.1	809 of 1062	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	19.0	526 of 591	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	69.1	165 of 588	71.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.6	50 of 579	91.4%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	49.3	158 of 315	49.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	32.8	224 of 326	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.6	275 of 306	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	271 of 300	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	23.0	906 of 1100	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.9	903 of 1096	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	924 of 1098	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.5	979 of 1100	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	31.0	456 of 619	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.0	504 of 606	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	508 of 580	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	524 of 564	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	20.9	912 of 1040	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.1	901 of 1046	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.4	779 of 1036	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	20.4	941 of 1099	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.1	1017 of 1093	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	966 of 1101	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	951 of 1093	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	39.1	205 of 306	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	14.2	253 of 271	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	225 of 247	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.8	244 of 245	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	33.9	734 of 974	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.2	883 of 973	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	31.3	763 of 979	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	827 of 984	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)50th percentile+34 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)33rd percentile+17 vs school

Hispanic (2026)26th percentile+10 vs school

White (2026)25th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2026)18th percentile~ school

Male (2026)14th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)12th percentile-4 vs school

African American (2026)11th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics66%-7 vs state

VA Studies55%-15 vs state

English Reading53%-19 vs state

Science52%-17 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, August 4, 2014

Worst school you can imagine dealing with. I have 3 children Ages 8, 6, & 5 and this school has teachers who are inconsistent and a principal/assistant principal that could careless to respond to the parents. We were having behavioral issues with our youngest and her teacher kept threatening to kick her out so we tried to meet with the principal 5 times and she never responded to any of our e-mail, phone calls, or messages personally hand delivered to the office. Not only that but, our kindergartener was told 2 times that he did not need a parent teacher conference because "he was making sufficient progress & the teacher was not concerned." Come to find out 2 weeks before school was to be out for the summer she says, "Your son is not making progress equivalent to K5 standards." WHAT? I wrote all over his progress report about how we were never notified and we were told this 2 weeks before school lets out?! THEN....this is the worst, our 8 year old came home with at least 2 spelling words MISPELLED that he had to learn for his weekly spelling test. These are words that she typed out and should have seen with spellcheck that it was not correct. Not only that, but one week a spelling word was "dumb"?? This is absolutely the worst school in Culpeper. Luckily we got our kids out for this coming school year and will never suggest this school to anyone. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Mathematics (2026)			SOL Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)			SOL VA Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	SOL VA Studies 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sycamore Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	451 Radio Ln	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 825-8847	689	45	15.3	87.2%	147 (21.3%)	108 (15.7%)	347 (50.4%)	10 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (11.2%)	21	933^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	16.0%		14.8	984^th of 1110 public elementary schools	11.4%	51	58.8	68.1	69.4	52.1	50.0	56.3	51.2	55.1	$9,768	$687	$9,081
Yowell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Yowell Drive	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 825-9484	687	40	17.1	63.9%	229 (33.3%)	97 (14.1%)	278 (40.5%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (10.5%)	38.1	754^th of 1111 public elementary schools	32.1%		39.6	725^th of 1110 public elementary schools	34.7%	29	68.9	84.3	59.3	47.2	55.3	76.9	58.3	74.5	$9,621	$224	$9,397
Farmington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Sunset Ln	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 825-0713	453	31	14.6	94.3%	100 (22.1%)	91 (20.1%)	211 (46.6%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.6%)	23.4	913^th of 1111 public elementary schools	17.8%		29.3	836^th of 1110 public elementary schools	24.7%	77	51.6	64.6	65.6	52.5	45.2	65.8	55.7	66.7	$11,601	$1,349	$10,251
A.G. Richardson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	18370 Simms Dr	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 825-0616	563	37	15.2	55.4%	320 (56.8%)	62 (11.0%)	111 (19.7%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.7%)	67.3	383^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	65.5%		67.6	381^st of 1110 public elementary schools	65.7%	2	81.0	78.9	87.8	79.6	64.0	76.9	76.5	88.0	$11,080	$383	$10,698
Pearl Sample Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	18480 Simms Dr	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 825-5448	680	43	15.8	82.4%	298 (43.8%)	68 (10.0%)	193 (28.4%)	21 (3.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (14.0%)	60.5	469^th of 1111 public elementary schools	57.8%		55.4	537^th of 1110 public elementary schools	51.6%	68	79.2	78.3	92.4	78.0	64.0	74.0	73.7	69.2	$10,229	$566	$9,663
Emerald Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11245 Rixeyville Rd	Culpeper	22701	Culpeper County	Culpeper County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 937-7361	702	43	16.3	55.1%	484 (68.9%)	39 (5.6%)	101 (14.4%)	6 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.0%)	66.7	394^th of 1111 public elementary schools	64.5%		61.5	461^st of 1110 public elementary schools	58.5%	67	84.0	89.2	73.6	75.9	70.6	82.3	65.5	79.7	$9,317	$237	$9,080
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12074 James Madison St	Remington	22734	Fauquier County	Fauquier County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 422-7630	543	33	16.4	44.6%	311 (57.3%)	47 (8.7%)	141 (26.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.6%)	29.2	852^nd of 1111 public elementary schools	23.3%		27.8	851^st of 1110 public elementary schools	23.3%	1	70.9	68.9	52.8	46.2	60.5	71.1	61.5		$11,613	$946	$10,667
Grace Miller Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6248 Catlett Rd	Bealeton	22712	Fauquier County	Fauquier County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 422-7590	528	33	16.0	46.8%	209 (39.6%)	70 (13.3%)	184 (34.8%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	52 (9.8%)	31.2	829^th of 1111 public elementary schools	25.4%		21.9	903^rd of 1110 public elementary schools	18.6%	74	63.8	68.0	67.5	46.8	50.7	76.3	64.9		$11,790	$723	$11,067
Locust Grove Elementary	Public	3-5	31208 Constitution Highway	Locust Grove	22508	Orange County	Orange County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 661-4440	519	31	16.7	69.6%	283 (54.5%)	61 (11.8%)	102 (19.7%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (12.5%)	29.9	843^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	24.1%		42	698^th of 1110 public elementary schools	37.1%	145	63.6	68.5	55.3	60.5	59.3	71.7	63.8	58.2	$7,384	$472	$6,912
Locust Grove Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	31230 Constitution Highway	Locust Grove	22508	Orange County	Orange County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 661-4420	500	30	16.6	69.4%	276 (55.2%)	42 (8.4%)	109 (21.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (13.4%)								(n/a)									$7,715	$536	$7,179

Frequently Asked Questions about Sycamore Park Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Sycamore Park Elementary?

Students at Sycamore Park Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 21% White, 16% African American, 11% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Is Sycamore Park Elementary a good school?

Sycamore Park Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.0% of Virginia elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Sycamore Park Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sycamore Park Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Culpeper Middle
High : Culpeper County High

What district is Sycamore Park Elementary in?

Culpeper County Public Schools

How many students attend Sycamore Park Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 689 students attended Sycamore Park Elementary.

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