Sycamore Park Elementary School in Culpeper VA

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Compare Details Sycamore Park Elementary ranks worse than 77.7% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks last among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Culpeper County Public Schools District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2021 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.66. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Sycamore Park Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Culpeper County Public Schools District. Student population at Sycamore Park Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (41.8%), White (25.6%), African American (19.9%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sycamore Park Elementary is 14.7. 3 elementary schools in the Culpeper County Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sycamore Park Elementary is $8,366, which is the 3^rd highest among 6 elementary schools in the Culpeper County Public Schools District.

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Sycamore Park Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sycamore Park Elementary 857^th of 1103 Virginia public elementary schools. (See Sycamore Park Elementary in the ranking list.)

Culpeper County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Culpeper County Public Schools 78^th of 132 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sycamore Park Elementary

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	VA State Percentile
2005	35.08	809^th	1062	23.8%
2006	48.83	632^nd	1071	41.0%
2007	37.25	798^th	1083	26.3%
2008	33.31	851^st	1081	21.3%
2009	26.34	953^rd	1082	11.9%
2010	37.25	864^th	1113	22.4%
2011	44.10	731^st	1117	34.6%
2012	22.28	1008^th	1117	9.8%
2013	27.70	906^th	1120	19.1%
2014	21.27	996^th	1110	10.3%
2015	29.33	876^th	1100	20.4%
2016	26.21	913^th	1096	16.7%
2017	15.96	1008^th	1099	8.3%
2018	21.51	956^th	1097	12.9%
2019	25.58	926^th	1105	16.2%
2021	24.66	857^th	1103	22.3%

Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Virginia Department of Education

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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

Enrollment information for Sycamore Park Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	498	498
1990	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	580	580
1991	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	581	581
1992	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	595	595
1993	518	121	3	1	2	n/a	n/a	0	645
1994	503	132	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	640
1995	505	143	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
1996	505	143	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	653
1997	512	138	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	659
1998	431	177	2	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	617
1999	424	192	3	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	633
2000	445	193	5	16	0	n/a	n/a	-4	655
2001	438	194	13	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	661
2002	356	169	6	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
2003	356	169	6	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	557
2004	386	128	4	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	552
2005	304	125	9	65	2	n/a	n/a	32	537
2006	309	151	11	105	3	n/a	n/a	29	608
2007	329	166	18	165	2	n/a	n/a	38	718
2008	337	192	22	173	2	n/a	n/a	40	766
2009	251	158	14	139	2	n/a	n/a	35	599
2010	234	141	16	142	6	n/a	n/a	41	580
2011	215	131	12	151	3	0	42	0	554
2012	200	157	12	140	2	0	44	0	555
2013	215	162	13	162	1	0	46	0	599
2014	219	159	16	193	2	0	56	0	645
2015	219	150	11	201	3	0	48	0	632
2016	182	149	11	215	5	0	46	0	608
2017	179	143	9	230	4	0	49	0	614
2018	170	127	8	241	4	0	52	0	602
2019	172	134	6	257	2	0	56	0	627
2020	187	128	12	293	2	0	66	0	688
2021	173	134	13	282	1	0	72	0	675

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sycamore Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	498	32.0	15.5	n/a
1990	580	35.0	16.5	n/a
1991	581	37.1	15.6	n/a
1992	595	37.8	15.7	n/a
1993	645	49.5	13.0	n/a
1994	640	40.7	n/a	33.9
1995	653	n/a	0.0	30.8
1996	653	n/a	0.0	30.8
1997	659	n/a	0.0	32.2
1998	617	n/a	0.0	42.1
1999	633	50.0	12.7	49
2000	655	n/a	0.0	48.7
2001	661	57.0	11.6	43.4
2002	557	51.0	10.9	47
2003	557	51.0	10.9	47
2004	552	41.0	13.5	47.3
2005	537	44.0	12.2	49.5
2006	608	51.0	11.9	47.5
2007	718	51.9	13.8	51.2
2008	766	42.0	18.2	55.4
2009	599	38.0	15.8	61
2010	580	39.0	14.8	64
2011	554	36.0	15.3	58.7
2012	555	35.5	15.6	60.9
2013	599	37.0	16.1	65.3
2014	645	38.0	16.9	70.4
2015	632	42.0	15.0	68.7
2016	608	39.0	15.5	71.2
2017	614	40.0	15.3	68.7
2018	602	39.7	15.1	68.8
2019	627	41.5	15.1	72.7
2020	688	45.2	15.2	72.5
2021	675	45.8	14.7	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Student/Teacher Ratio Sycamore Park Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	498	32.0	15.5	n/a
1990	580	35.0	16.5	n/a
1991	581	37.1	15.6	n/a
1992	595	37.8	15.7	n/a
1993	645	49.5	13.0	n/a
1994	640	40.7	n/a	33.9
1995	653	n/a	0.0	30.8
1996	653	n/a	0.0	30.8
1997	659	n/a	0.0	32.2
1998	617	n/a	0.0	42.1
1999	633	50.0	12.7	49
2000	655	n/a	0.0	48.7
2001	661	57.0	11.6	43.4
2002	557	51.0	10.9	47
2003	557	51.0	10.9	47
2004	552	41.0	13.5	47.3
2005	537	44.0	12.2	49.5
2006	608	51.0	11.9	47.5
2007	718	51.9	13.8	51.2
2008	766	42.0	18.2	55.4
2009	599	38.0	15.8	61
2010	580	39.0	14.8	64
2011	554	36.0	15.3	58.7
2012	555	35.5	15.6	60.9
2013	599	37.0	16.1	65.3
2014	645	38.0	16.9	70.4
2015	632	42.0	15.0	68.7
2016	608	39.0	15.5	71.2
2017	614	40.0	15.3	68.7
2018	602	39.7	15.1	68.8
2019	627	41.5	15.1	72.7
2020	688	45.2	15.2	72.5
2021	675	45.8	14.7	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Sycamore Park Elementary

Year	Expenditures from Federal Funds	Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Total Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019	$900 (10.8%)	$7,466 (89.2%)	$8,366

Data source: Virginia Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sycamore Park Elementary

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Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Ranks 926^th of 1105 Elementary schools	Ranks 857^th of 1103 Elementary schools	6.1%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Sycamore Park Elementary)	73	25	48%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Culpeper County Public Schools)	85	41	44%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Virginia)	82	54	28%
3rd Grade English Reading (Sycamore Park Elementary)	54	34	20%
3rd Grade English Reading (Culpeper County Public Schools)	64	48	16%
3rd Grade English Reading (Virginia)	71	61	10%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sycamore Park Elementary)	80	46	34%
4th Grade Mathematics (Culpeper County Public Schools)	82	50	32%
4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)	83	56	27%
4th Grade English Reading (Sycamore Park Elementary)	66	53	13%
4th Grade English Reading (Culpeper County Public Schools)	70	60	10%
4th Grade English Reading (Virginia)	75	68	7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sycamore Park Elementary)	78	38	40%
5th Grade Mathematics (Culpeper County Public Schools)	84	55	29%
5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)	81	51	30%
5th Grade Science (Sycamore Park Elementary)	73	39	34%
5th Grade Science (Culpeper County Public Schools)	74	50	24%
5th Grade Science (Virginia)	79	50	29%
5th Grade English Reading (Sycamore Park Elementary)	63	56	7%
5th Grade English Reading (Culpeper County Public Schools)	72	64	8%
5th Grade English Reading (Virginia)	78	66	12%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	627	675	7.7%
African American	134	134
American Indian	2	1	50%
Asian	6	13	116.7%
Hispanic	257	282	9.7%
Pacific Islander	0	0
Two or More Races	56	72	28.6%

Middle:	Culpeper Middle
High:	Culpeper County High

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