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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510252001859
Auburn Elementary
1760 AUBURN SCHOOL DR., Riner, VA 24149 · (540) 381-6521 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
258 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
19%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
76.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Auburn Elementary
Auburn Elementary's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Elementary this school | 544 | 47.4% | 76.8% |
| Gainesboro Elementary Winchester | 483 | 41.6% | 50.1% |
| Cold Harbor Elementary Mechanicsville | 495 | 44.2% | 70.9% |
| Cool Spring Primary King William | 512 | 44.9% | N/A |
| Colonial Elementary Troutville | 439 | 36.0% | 89.3% |
| Glenvar Elementary Salem | 372 | 42.7% | 77.0% |
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 Auburn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #402 of 1,101 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #407 of 1,111 ▼ 121 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #429 of 1,111 ▼ 30 | #6 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #476 of 1,176 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #409 of 1,105 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #1,055 of 1,106 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #803 of 1,157 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #652 of 759 | #10 of 10 |
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
544
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 544 | 40.8 | 13.3:1 | 47% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 48% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 38.3 | 14.6:1 | 50% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 38.1 | 14.8:1 | 49% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 48% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 578 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 45% (261) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 36% (216) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Auburn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (565 to 544); teachers up 7% (38.1 to 40.8).
About Auburn Elementary
Auburn Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Riner, Virginia. It teaches 544 students in pre-K through 5.
Auburn Elementary belongs to Montgomery County Public Schools, a district of 19 schools and 9,461 students.
Auburn Elementary is 90% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Montgomery County's population at about 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Auburn Elementary scores 19%.
Auburn Elementary lists 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.3 students per teacher. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. About 47% of students at Auburn Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Montgomery County is similar, at 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Auburn Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Auburn Elementary is +1.6 points: 76.8% actual, 75.2% predicted.
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $72,715, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 23 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,461, Auburn Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Auburn High, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Auburn Elementary places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 24 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Auburn Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,101
Census ACS
Median income
$72,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Christiansburg HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Christiansburg MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Falling Branch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
- Prices Fork ElementaryElementary · 457 students
Other schools in Riner
- Auburn HighHigh · 393 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 309 students
Other Auburn Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Auburn Elementary. Auburn Elementary is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, KY · 760 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAuburn, GA · 678 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 592 students
- Auburn ElementaryAuburn, CA · 501 students
- Auburn Elementary SchoolAUBURN, MI · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Auburn High0.2 mi · 393
- Auburn Middle0.2 mi · 309
- Christiansburg Middle4.3 mi · 778
- Christiansburg Primary5.2 mi · 346
- Christiansburg Elementary5.3 mi · 401
- Christiansburg High6.0 mi · 1,072
Frequently asked questions
About Auburn ElementaryHow many students attend Auburn Elementary?
Auburn Elementary enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Auburn Elementary serve?
Auburn Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Auburn Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Auburn Elementary?
At Auburn Elementary, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Auburn Elementary in?
Auburn Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.