Summary:
Zip code 22712 in Bealeton, Virginia is served by four schools in the Fauquier County Public Schools district, enrolling roughly 3,099 students across elementary through high school grades (PK-12).
Among the four schools, Mary Walter Elementary stands out as the top performer, ranking in the 35th percentile statewide while achieving the highest test proficiency (~67.7%) and the highest per-student spending ($12,296) — notable given it also has the highest rate of economically disadvantaged students (52.6%). Liberty High graduates students at 93.1%, above the state average, with impressive results in Geometry (95.6% proficient) and Earth Science (89.8%), though its overall rank is a modest 38th percentile. Cedar Lee Middle shows a "two-tier" profile: its accelerated math program yields 100% proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry, yet on-grade-level 7th-grade math (46.6%) and 6th-grade reading (58.7%) trail state averages. Grace Miller Elementary is the lowest-ranked school (25th percentile) but improved from the prior year, with a bright spot in 4th-grade reading at 76.3%.
Across the zip code, every school exceeds the district's chronic absenteeism rate of 12.9%, with Liberty High (19.6%) and Cedar Lee (18.9%) the highest. The largest academic gaps are in elementary reading and science, particularly 3rd-grade reading and 5th-grade science at Grace Miller, where proficiency hovers near 50% versus state averages near 68%. Encouragingly, all four schools improved or held steady in state ranking percentile from 2024-25 to 2025-26. Overall, this Bealeton cluster has no top-tier schools, but offers clear strengths: consistent performance at Mary Walter, strong graduation outcomes at Liberty, and exceptional accelerated math at Cedar Lee. The most pressing needs are addressing chronic absenteeism and closing early-grade reading and science gaps.
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