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Stanley Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

854^th

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of 1,111 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Stanley Elementary is a PK–5 public school in Stanley, Virginia, serving 337 students as part of Page County Public Schools. The school currently ranks 854th out of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools, placing it in the 23rd percentile with a 1-star rating — the lowest ranking among the four elementary schools in its district. Stanley serves a student body with very high economic need, with 90.5% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that has stayed above 86% for the past three years.

Reading proficiency is a persistent challenge. Just 49.1% of 3rd graders and 51.0% of 5th graders met reading benchmarks in 2025–2026, the lowest scores among all nearby elementary schools and well below state averages. Chronic absenteeism is also the highest in the area at 20.4%, though it has improved dramatically from 34.8% two years ago. By comparison, nearby schools like Lacey Spring Elementary (3.7%) and Waverly Yowell Elementary (2.0%) have far lower absenteeism rates. Schools with similar poverty levels, such as Shenandoah Elementary and Luray Elementary, both outrank Stanley despite serving comparable student populations.

There are bright spots. Stanley's 4th-grade Virginia Studies scores reached 74% proficiency, above both the district and state averages. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.4 is relatively favorable, and per-student spending of $8,979 is lower than most nearby schools, suggesting the school may be under-resourced given its students' needs. Stanley's ranking has been volatile — it jumped to the 48th percentile in 2023–2024 before falling recently — so improvement is possible with continued focus on attendance and early reading support.

337

Students ?

12.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,979

Per pupil spending ?

90.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

306 Aylor Grubbs Ave
Stanley, VA 22851

(540) 778-2612

District: Page County Public Schools

Students who attend Stanley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Page County Middle
High:	Page County High

Racial breakdown:

White:

90.8%

Hispanic:

5.9%

African American:

1.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 48th percentile in 2024 → 23rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (62% vs 72% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 48th-percentile peak (2024) to 23rd (2026)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school62%

District avg67%

Virginia avg72%

854^th of 1,111

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 7% (2016) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 4Elementary Schools in the Page County Public Schools

62^nd of 131Page 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	28.8	854 of 1111	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.0	758 of 1110	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.4	583 of 1114	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	773 of 1114	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	15.9	979 of 1109	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	866 of 1103	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	1013 of 1105	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	939 of 1097	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	31.2	869 of 1099	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.8	1021 of 1096	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	20.4	978 of 1100	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.1	1049 of 1110	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	37.1	800 of 1120	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	33.7	892 of 1117	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	52.6	590 of 1117	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2010	40.6	819 of 1113	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	32.3	894 of 1082	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	51.8	587 of 1081	45.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	65.2	364 of 1083	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	53.9	538 of 1071	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	56.8	483 of 1062	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	30.4	827 of 1100	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	46.3	647 of 1096	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	57.5	506 of 1098	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.0	733 of 1100	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	24.1	874 of 1040	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	38.3	695 of 1046	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.7	529 of 1036	48.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	27.5	877 of 1099	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.0	877 of 1093	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.2	681 of 1101	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.7	797 of 1093	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	9.7	943 of 974	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.0	896 of 973	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	788 of 979	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	902 of 984	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Female (2026)25th percentile~ school

Male (2026)20th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)3rd percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

VA Studies74%+3 vs state

Science65%-3 vs state

Mathematics64%-10 vs state

English Reading54%-17 vs state

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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
Stanley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	306 Aylor Grubbs Ave	Stanley	22851	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 778-2612	337	27	12.4	90.5%	306 (90.8%)	5 (1.5%)	20 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	28.8	854^th of 1111 public elementary schools	23.1%		36	758^th of 1110 public elementary schools	31.7%	96	57.9	68.0	65.4	65.4	49.1	64.0	51.0	74.0	$8,979	$127	$8,852
Luray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	555 First St	Luray	22835	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 743-4078	474	35	13.5	93.5%	396 (83.5%)	14 (3.0%)	31 (6.5%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.1%)	40.7	728^th of 1111 public elementary schools	34.5%		27.7	853^rd of 1110 public elementary schools	23.2%	125	81.2	56.0	60.6	71.2	65.9	65.5	69.2	66.7	$8,680	$91	$8,589
Shenandoah Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	529 4th Street	Shenandoah	22849	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 652-8621	351	27	13.0	94.0%	315 (89.7%)	6 (1.7%)	21 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	44.3	689^th of 1111 public elementary schools	38.0%		56.6	524^th of 1110 public elementary schools	52.8%	165	79.1	61.0	67.2	70.3	67.4	63.4	64.1	80.5	$9,399	$134	$9,265
Springfield Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	158 Big Spring Lane	Rileyville	22650	Page County	Page County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 743-3750	208	16	13.0	75.5%	192 (92.3%)	5 (2.4%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	58.5	501^st of 1111 public elementary schools	54.9%		72	326^th of 1110 public elementary schools	70.6%	175	75.0	72.0	80.6	77.8	72.5	69.2	75.0	72.0	$9,364	$198	$9,166
Ashby-Lee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	480 Stonewall Lane	Quicksburg	22847	Shenandoah County	Shenandoah County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 477-2927	692	49	14.1	85.3%	465 (67.2%)	7 (1.0%)	179 (25.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.2%)	31.8	823^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	25.9%		22.4	896^th of 1110 public elementary schools	19.3%	73	70.4	60.4	63.0	63.0	57.1	67.9	53.3	72.4	$8,814	$1,368	$7,446
Elkton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	302 B Street	Elkton	22827	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 298-1511	269	22	12.1	73.6%	211 (78.4%)	8 (3.0%)	30 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.4%)	24.5	901^st of 1111 public elementary schools	18.9%		9.5	1032^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	7.0%	131	52.2	75.7	38.1	59.5	55.6	64.9	52.4	70.3	$10,791	$1,245	$9,546
Lacey Spring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8621 North Valley Pike	Harrisonburg	22802	Harrisonburg city	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 433-7819	350	23	15.0	73.1%	203 (58.0%)	10 (2.9%)	114 (32.6%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	22.1	926^th of 1111 public elementary schools	16.7%		19.1	938^th of 1110 public elementary schools	15.5%	12	65.5	55.7	64.8	55.6	58.2	63.3	53.7	54.1	$12,234	$499	$11,735
River Bend Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14556 Rockingham Pike	Elkton	22827	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 298-5301	341	25	13.7	73.3%	256 (75.1%)	2 (0.6%)	58 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.3%)	36.8	766^th of 1111 public elementary schools	31.1%		29.8	830^th of 1110 public elementary schools	25.2%	64	67.2	66.0	63.0	73.3	50.0	69.4	69.6	70.0	$11,958	$784	$11,174
Plains Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	225 American Legion Dr	Timberville	22853	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 896-8956	460	31	14.8	73.0%	346 (75.2%)	3 (0.7%)	79 (17.2%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.7%)	43.4	699^th of 1111 public elementary schools	37.1%		28.2	849^th of 1110 public elementary schools	23.5%	150	56.3	61.8	84.9	78.8	60.3	61.8	84.9	61.8	$9,958	$733	$9,225
John C. Myers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	290 Raider Rd	Broadway	22815	Rockingham County	Rockingham County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(540) 896-2297	473	34	13.9	66.4%	323 (68.3%)	9 (1.9%)	96 (20.3%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.2%)	62.7	443^rd of 1111 public elementary schools	60.1%		56.3	529^th of 1110 public elementary schools	52.3%	86	79.6	72.0	82.4	83.8	69.3	74.3	77.0	75.0	$10,664	$939	$9,725

Frequently Asked Questions about Stanley Elementary

What district is Stanley Elementary in?

Page County Public Schools

What is the racial makeup of Stanley Elementary?

Students at Stanley Elementary are 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Is Stanley Elementary a good school?

Stanley Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.1% of Virginia elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Stanley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Stanley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Page County Middle
High : Page County High

How many students attend Stanley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 337 students attended Stanley Elementary.

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