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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510162000678
Achilles Elementary
9306 Guinea Road, Hayes, VA 23072 · (804) 642-9140 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
263 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 75.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Achilles Elementary
Achilles Elementary's state test result (72.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles Elementary this school | 397 | 66.2% | 72.4% |
| Petsworth Elementary Gloucester | 381 | 67.2% | 84.6% |
| Rappahannock County Elementary Washington | 457 | 65.0% | 70.6% |
| Abingdon Elementary Hayes | 455 | 65.7% | 78.6% |
| Guy K. Stump Elementary Stuarts Draft | 457 | 66.7% | 64.9% |
| Nathanael Greene Primary Stanardsville | 367 | 68.4% | N/A |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Achilles Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #518 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #249 of 1,111 ▲ 207 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #352 of 1,111 ▲ 186 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #825 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #540 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.0% | #935 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #738 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #608 of 759 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 28.5 | 13.9:1 | 66% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 30.5 | 14.2:1 | 65% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 66% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 27 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 36% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 27% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Achilles Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (418 to 397); teachers down 2% (29 to 28.5).
About Achilles Elementary
Achilles Elementary is a small elementary school that serves part of Hayes, Virginia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 397 students enrolled. It has 20% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Across its 8 schools, Gloucester County Public Schools enrolls 4,917 students. Achilles Elementary is one of those schools.
About 78% of the student body at Achilles Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Achilles Elementary reports a ratio of 13.9 students per teacher, from 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 66% average for public schools in Gloucester County.
Achilles Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 51% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Achilles Elementary is 2.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
For the population of Gloucester County, the median household earns about $84,306 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Gloucester County, 9 public schools serve about 4,917 students.
Abingdon Elementary sits about 4.0 miles from Achilles Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Achilles Elementary is 8th on average proficiency.
Achilles Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Achilles Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,526
Census ACS
Median income
$84,306
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,917 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gloucester County Public Schools
- Gloucester HighHigh · 1,547 students
- Page MiddleMiddle · 573 students
- Peasley MiddleMiddle · 565 students
- Botetourt ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Bethel ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Abingdon ElementaryElementary · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Abingdon Elementary4.0 mi · 455
- Yorktown Middle5.5 mi · 717
- York River Academy5.5 mi · 72
- York High6.1 mi · 947
- Seaford Elementary6.4 mi · 552
- Yorktown Elementary6.5 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Achilles ElementaryHow large is Achilles Elementary?
Achilles Elementary enrolls approximately 397 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Achilles Elementary serve?
Achilles Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Achilles Elementary?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Achilles Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Achilles Elementary?
At Achilles Elementary, the student body is approximately 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Achilles Elementary public or private?
Achilles Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gloucester County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.