Summary:
Zip code 22734 (Remington, VA) is home to just one elementary school, Margaret M. Pierce Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 543 students as part of Fauquier County Public Schools. As the only elementary school in the area, it is the sole option for local families. The district is ranked 56th out of 131 Virginia districts, placing it above the state median at the 57th percentile. However, the school's own state ranking reflects a much different picture, with 1-star ratings in recent years.
The school has seen its state ranking slip slightly, from the 26th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 23rd percentile in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, keeping it in the bottom quarter of Virginia elementary schools. The most concerning areas are 5th-grade math and science. In 2025–2026, only 52.75% of 5th graders were proficient in math versus 74.07% for the district, a gap of more than 21 points. Science proficiency was even lower at 46.15%, far below the state average of 68.75%. The school's strongest results are in 4th grade, with reading at 71.11% and math at 68.89%, both close to state averages. Chronic absenteeism is a relative strength at 11.8%, better than the district (12.9%) and state (14.8%), even though nearly 45% of students receive free or reduced-price lunch.
There is a clear gap between this school's performance and its district's overall standing, indicating it is one of the lower-performing elementary schools within Fauquier County. Encouragingly, 3rd-grade reading improved from 51.65% to 60.47% year over year, and 3rd-grade math jumped from 58.24% to 70.93%, showing positive momentum in early grades. However, the sharp decline in 5th-grade math points to a need for targeted intervention in upper-elementary math and science. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.4 and per-student spending of $11,613, the school appears reasonably resourced, so the focus should be on supporting 5th-grade students rather than addressing broad resource shortages.
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