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What's one thing Anthony Burns Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002601
Anthony Burns Elementary
60 Gallery Road, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-6000 · Stafford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
484 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (158).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
67.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Anthony Burns Elementary
Anthony Burns Elementary's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Burns Elementary this school | 730 | 66.3% | 60.4% |
| Lake Ridge Elementary Woodbridge | 671 | 70.3% | 73.3% |
| Parkside Elementary Fredericksburg | 946 | 65.0% | 61.5% |
| Greenbrier Primary Chesapeake | 679 | 72.8% | N/A |
| Smith Station Elementary Fredericksburg | 715 | 72.6% | 69.6% |
| Greenbrier Intermediate Chesapeake | 657 | 72.5% | 77.4% |
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 Anthony Burns Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #826 of 1,101 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #749 of 1,111 ▲ 92 | #11 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #718 of 1,111 ▼ 22 | #12 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #157 of 1,176 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #575 of 1,105 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #54 of 1,106 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #737 of 1,157 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #317 of 759 | #1 of 6 |
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
730
+49 (+7%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 730 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 66% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 51.5 | 14.5:1 | 76% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 47% (345) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 45 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 40 | 21.3:1 | 38% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 36% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 26% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anthony Burns Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (851 to 730); teachers up 30% (40 to 52).
About Anthony Burns Elementary
Anthony Burns Elementary is an elementary school in Stafford, Virginia, according to federal school records. It enrolled 730 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Enrollment across the 32 schools in Stafford County Public Schools totals 31,812 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Anthony Burns Elementary is Black (34%). The remaining students are 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Stafford County is about 20% Black. By the diversity index, Anthony Burns Elementary comes in at 75%.
The teaching staff at Anthony Burns Elementary is 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 66%. For comparison, public schools in Stafford County average 45%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Anthony Burns Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Anthony Burns Elementary is -9.7 points: 60.4% actual, 70.0% predicted.
Census estimates describe Stafford County this way: median household income is about $137,807, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Stafford County number 41 and enroll about 31,812.
The closest public school, Hampton Oaks Elementary, is about 1.3 miles from Anthony Burns Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Anthony Burns Elementary ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Anthony Burns Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Anthony Burns Elementary saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 15.1:1 to 14.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Anthony Burns Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Nearby schools
- Hampton Oaks Elementary1.3 mi · 887
- Stafford Elementary1.4 mi · 879
- H.H. Poole Middle1.6 mi · 995
- Colonial Forge High1.9 mi · 2,122
- Winding Creek Elementary2.0 mi · 840
- Stafford Middle2.3 mi · 961
Frequently asked questions
About Anthony Burns ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Anthony Burns Elementary?
Anthony Burns Elementary enrolls approximately 730 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Anthony Burns Elementary serve?
Anthony Burns Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Anthony Burns Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Anthony Burns Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Anthony Burns Elementary?
Student demographics at Anthony Burns Elementary are roughly 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 34% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Anthony Burns Elementary in?
Anthony Burns Elementary is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.