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Fastest-growing Virginia public schools, 2017-2024

Virginia public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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VIRGINIA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Meadow View Elementary	Martinsville	Henry County Public Schools	290	659	127%
2	St. Paul Elementary	St Paul	Wise County Public Schools	232	514	122%
3	Covington-Harper Elementary	Dumfries	Prince William County Public Schools	559	1,025	83.4%
4	Benjamin Franklin Middle	Rocky Mount	Franklin County Public Schools	761	1,382	81.6%
5	Franklin High	Franklin	Franklin City Public Schools	290	504	73.8%
6	Central Elementary	Palmyra	Fluvanna County Public Schools	453	751	65.8%
7	Deep Creek Middle	Chesapeake	Chesapeake City Public Schools	471	764	62.2%
8	Crozet Elementary	Crozet	Albemarle County Public Schools	353	571	61.8%
9	Matoaca Elementary	South Chesterfield	Chesterfield County Public Schools	421	676	60.6%
10	Patrick Henry K-8 School	Alexandria	Alexandria City Public Schools	675	1,075	59.3%
11	West Point Middle/High	West Point	West Point Public Schools	273	434	59.0%
12	Florence Bowser Elementary	Suffolk	Suffolk City Public Schools	597	926	55.1%
13	Hickory Elementary	Chesapeake	Chesapeake City Public Schools	461	695	50.8%
14	Woodbrook Elementary	Charlottesville	Albemarle County Public Schools	348	522	50.0%
15	King George Middle	King George	King George County Public Schools	733	1,097	49.7%
16	Lacey Spring Elementary	Harrisonburg	Rockingham County Public Schools	234	350	49.6%
17	Bush Hill Elementary	Alexandria	Fairfax County Public Schools	461	673	46.0%
18	Tazewell Intermediate	North Tazewell	Tazewell County Public Schools	256	371	44.9%
19	Graham Intermediate	Bluefield	Tazewell County Public Schools	280	404	44.3%
20	Goochland Elementary	Goochland	Goochland County Public Schools	353	509	44.2%
21	River City Middle	Richmond	Richmond City Public Schools	798	1,150	44.1%
22	J.E.J. Moore Middle	Disputanta	Prince George County Public Schools	979	1,387	41.7%
23	Powhatan Middle	Powhatan	Powhatan County Public Schools	672	950	41.4%
24	Hardy Elementary	Smithfield	Isle of Wight County Public Schools	460	649	41.1%
25	Elizabeth Holladay Elementary	Richmond	Henrico County Public Schools	620	859	38.5%
26	Robert E. Aylor Middle	White Post	Frederick County Public Schools	626	861	37.5%
27	Lancaster Elementary	Kilmarnock	Lancaster County Public Schools	395	542	37.2%
28	Pleasant Valley Elementary	Harrisonburg	Rockingham County Public Schools	206	282	36.9%
29	Mount Daniel Elementary	Falls Church	Falls Church City Public Schools	357	486	36.1%
30	Middletown Elementary	Middletown	Frederick County Public Schools	479	648	35.3%
31	Coates Elementary	Herndon	Fairfax County Public Schools	738	996	35.0%
32	Bland County High	Rocky Gap	Bland County Public Schools	383	517	35.0%
33	Parklawn Elementary	Alexandria	Fairfax County Public Schools	716	963	34.5%
34	Enon Elementary	Chester	Chesterfield County Public Schools	516	691	33.9%
35	Phoebus High	Hampton	Hampton City Public Schools	1,043	1,391	33.4%
36	Grassfield Elementary	Chesapeake	Chesapeake City Public Schools	984	1,306	32.7%
37	Cedar Lee Middle	Bealeton	Fauquier County Public Schools	652	861	32.1%
38	Callaghan Elementary	Covington	Alleghany Highlands Public Schools	205	270	31.7%
39	Vernon Johns Middle	Petersburg	Petersburg City Public Schools	723	949	31.3%
40	Thoreau Middle	Vienna	Fairfax County Public Schools	945	1,239	31.1%
41	Fort Belvoir Upper Elementary	Fort Belvoir	Fairfax County Public Schools	583	761	30.5%
42	Prince George High	Prince George	Prince George County Public Schools	1,376	1,789	30.0%
43	Charles J. Colgan Sr. High	Manassas	Prince William County Public Schools	2,283	2,956	29.5%
44	P.B. Smith Elementary	Warrenton	Fauquier County Public Schools	340	440	29.4%
45	Independence Elementary	Independence	Grayson County Public Schools	222	287	29.3%
46	Cool Spring Elementary	Mechanicsville	Hanover County Public Schools	661	852	28.9%
47	John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary	Dumfries	Prince William County Public Schools	707	906	28.1%
48	Cardinal Elementary	Richmond	Richmond City Public Schools	641	821	28.1%
49	Keister Elementary	Harrisonburg	Harrisonburg City Public Schools	371	475	28.0%
50	H.H. Poole Middle	Stafford	Stafford County Public Schools	780	995	27.6%

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