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Prices Fork Elementary

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Prices Fork Elementary ranks 609 th of 1110 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

609^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,110 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 45% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Prices Fork Elementary is a public elementary school in Blacksburg, Virginia, serving 452 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district, which is ranked 54 out of 129 school districts in the state.

Prices Fork Elementary has shown mixed academic performance compared to state and district averages. While the school's proficiency rates on SOL (Standards of Learning) tests have been both above and below the averages in recent years, depending on the subject and grade level, its overall performance has been variable. For example, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency rate was higher than the state average but lower than the district average, while its 4th grade math proficiency rate exceeded both state and district averages. The school's performance in reading and science has also been uneven, with some grade levels exceeding the state and district, and others falling short.

Prices Fork Elementary faces some challenges, including a relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (86.5% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) and higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rates. These factors may contribute to the school's academic performance, which varies among different student subgroups. Nearby schools, such as Harding Avenue Elementary and Kipps Elementary, have consistently outperformed Prices Fork on SOL tests, while others, like Belview Elementary and Riverlawn Elementary, have lower overall performance. By addressing these challenges and leveraging the school's resources and community partnerships, Prices Fork Elementary has the potential to improve its academic outcomes and provide a high-quality education for all its students.

457

Students ?

13.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$1,819

Per pupil spending ?

86.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4021 Prices Fork Rd
Blacksburg, VA 24060

(540) 951-5736

District: Montgomery County Public Schools

Students who attend Prices Fork Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Blacksburg Middle
High:	Blacksburg High

Racial breakdown:

White:

65.0%

Hispanic:

19.7%

Two or more races:

8.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 62nd percentile in 2021 → 45th in 2025

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 62nd-percentile peak (2021) to 45th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 13 pts below the Virginia average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school70%

District avg75%

Virginia avg71%

609^th of 1,110

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 45%▲ up 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

7^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools

54^th of 129Montgomery 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
2025	49.2	609 of 1110	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	63.1	450 of 1114	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.8	479 of 1114	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.6	444 of 1109	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.0	422 of 1103	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.8	652 of 1105	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.7	680 of 1097	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.7	743 of 1099	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	33.7	846 of 1096	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	42.0	748 of 1100	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	46.2	660 of 1110	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	46.4	653 of 1120	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	64.7	365 of 1117	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	77.4	168 of 1117	85.0%	★★★★☆
2010	45.4	733 of 1113	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	42.1	755 of 1082	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	39.5	769 of 1081	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	49.9	596 of 1083	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	53.9	539 of 1071	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.9	795 of 1062	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2024	54.8	190 of 355	46.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	46.0	654 of 1096	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.6	528 of 1098	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.0	460 of 1100	58.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	27.3	475 of 606	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	53.2	294 of 580	49.3%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	674 of 1046	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	62.6	386 of 1036	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	52.7	544 of 1093	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.1	361 of 1101	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.3	500 of 1093	54.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	661 of 973	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	57.1	468 of 979	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.5	657 of 984	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Male (2025)50th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2024)46th percentile-13 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile-5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)32nd percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2024-2025) ?

VA Studies75%+7 vs state

Mathematics73%~ state avg

English Reading71%~ state avg

Science56%-13 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Outstanding, well-resourced, very diverse school that nicely integrates children from professional and low-income rural communities. Several youth in our neighborhood that attended Prices Fork have recently achieved scholarships at prestigious universities -- a testimony in part to the strength of their early education. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, April 24, 2015

The staff of PFES is excellent. My daughter loves her teacher and class, and the PE, music, and art teachers at this school are really great. Mr Young, the music teacher, just won an award for teaching; he's the absolute best and so friendly. All the kindergarten teachers are really great from our experience.

I like the fact that my daughter attends a school that is socioeconomically diverse. Although the test scores for this school are lower than other Blacksburg schools, PFES serves a greater variety of students well and really lifts up students that need that extra help and attention. I'm also pleased that the school 'mainstreams' kids with communicative and developmental disabilities; I think disability is an important part of diversity for people to see and have made normal in everyday life.

We are very happy at PFES. Close Quote

Schools Near Prices Fork Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SOL Mathematics (2025)				SOL Science (2025)	SOL English Reading (2025)				SOL VA Studies (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Mathematics 6th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 6th Grade	SOL VA Studies 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Prices Fork Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4021 Prices Fork Rd	Blacksburg	24060	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 951-5736	457	34	13.4	86.9%	297 (65.0%)	15 (3.3%)	90 (19.7%)	17 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.1%)	49.2	609^th of 1110 public elementary schools	45.1%		63.1	450^th of 1114 public elementary schools	59.6%	159	73.2	78.9	69.4		55.6	64.8	76.9	71.8		75.0	$1,819	$389	$1,430
Kipps Elementary	Public	K-5	2801 Prices Fork Rd	Blacksburg	24060	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 951-5760	358	26	13.7	23.2%	238 (66.5%)	10 (2.8%)	32 (8.9%)	59 (16.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	84.4	137^th of 1110 public elementary schools	87.7%		87.1	90^th of 1114 public elementary schools	91.9%	47	94.6	93.7	83.3		75.9	83.9	91.0	82.4		91.0	$9,494	$498	$8,995
Belview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3187 Peppers Ferry Rd	Radford	24141	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 633-3200	245	22	11.0	60.0%	182 (74.3%)	22 (9.0%)	16 (6.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.0%)	40.5	714^th of 1110 public elementary schools	35.7%		33.8	792^nd of 1114 public elementary schools	28.9%	78	63.4	57.6	80.5		68.3	68.3	57.6	75.6		45.5	$13,253	$1,484	$11,769
Gilbert Linkous Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	813 Toms Creek Rd	Blacksburg	24060	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 951-5726	292	24	12.1	28.8%	197 (67.5%)	14 (4.8%)	16 (5.5%)	45 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.8%)	79.9	215^th of 1110 public elementary schools	80.6%		80.6	208^th of 1114 public elementary schools	81.3%	7	81.8	93.0	84.8		79.3	75.0	94.6	86.7		79.0	$9,686	$104	$9,582
Harding Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	429 Harding Avenue	Blacksburg	24060	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 951-5732	279	21	13.1	23.7%	197 (70.6%)	11 (3.9%)	19 (6.8%)	32 (11.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.8%)	89.1	64^th of 1110 public elementary schools	94.2%		90.8	37^th of 1114 public elementary schools	96.7%	27	87.2	89.8	94.7		94.7	87.2	91.5	94.6		89.4	$9,379	$382	$8,997
Margaret Beeks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	709 Airport Rd	Blacksburg	24060	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 951-5700	346	26	13.3	39.9%	230 (66.5%)	29 (8.4%)	29 (8.4%)	25 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.2%)	82.1	181^st of 1110 public elementary schools	83.7%		70.2	351^st of 1114 public elementary schools	68.5%	170	74.5	87.1	90.6		90.6	87.0	86.9	94.3		80.3	$10,254	$342	$9,912
Riverlawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8100 Beth Nelson Drive	Fairlawn	24141	Pulaski County	Pulaski County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 643-0748	380	31	12.3	91.6%	296 (77.9%)	13 (3.4%)	25 (6.6%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (10.5%)	52.2	570^th of 1110 public elementary schools	48.6%		42.7	699^th of 1114 public elementary schools	37.3%	129	66.7	86.7	70.0		62.0	63.8	82.6	72.0		76.1	$9,180	$1,228	$7,952
Christiansburg Elementary	Public	3-5	160 Wades Lane	Christiansburg	24073	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 382-5172	401	31	12.9	42.6%	285 (71.1%)	32 (8.0%)	40 (10.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	39 (9.7%)	59.8	476^th of 1110 public elementary schools	57.1%		68.5	377^th of 1114 public elementary schools	66.2%	99	84.2	70.7	78.8		76.1	79.7	68.5	84.1		60.7	$9,830	$947	$8,882
Belle Heth Elementary	Public	3-6	151 George Street	Radford	24141	Radford city	Radford City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 731-3653	473	34	13.9	79.9%	323 (68.3%)	52 (11.0%)	36 (7.6%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.8%)	61.1	463^rd of 1110 public elementary schools	58.3%		65.5	419^th of 1114 public elementary schools	62.4%	44	69.8	79.3	85.6	67.5	75.7	62.5	75.5	80.6	74.4		$9,094	$263	$8,831
Christiansburg Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	240 Betty Drive	Christiansburg	24073	Montgomery County	Montgomery County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 382-5175	346	28	12.3	50.6%	241 (69.7%)	25 (7.2%)	36 (10.4%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (11.6%)								(n/a)											$10,152	$520	$9,633

Frequently Asked Questions about Prices Fork Elementary

What district is Prices Fork Elementary in?

Montgomery County Public Schools

Is Prices Fork Elementary a good school?

Prices Fork Elementary ranks 609^th of 1110 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Prices Fork Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 457 students attended Prices Fork Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Prices Fork Elementary?

Students at Prices Fork Elementary are 65% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 3% African American.

What schools do graduates of Prices Fork Elementary attend?

Students who attend Prices Fork Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Blacksburg Middle
High : Blacksburg High

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