Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183000765
Beaverdam Elementary
15485 Beaverdam School Road, Beaverdam, VA 23015 · (804) 449-6373 · Hanover County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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
14.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
147 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
78.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Beaverdam Elementary
Beaverdam Elementary's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverdam Elementary this school | 339 | 43.4% | 75.9% |
| Glenvar Elementary Salem | 372 | 42.7% | 77.0% |
| South Salem Elementary Salem | 371 | 40.2% | 83.1% |
| West Salem Elementary Salem | 375 | 35.5% | 80.4% |
| Christiansburg Elementary Christiansburg | 401 | 42.6% | 75.0% |
| Byrd Elementary Goochland | 281 | 38.1% | 73.4% |
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 Beaverdam Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #419 of 1,101 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #314 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #7 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #384 of 1,111 ▲ 185 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #924 of 1,176 | #15 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #600 of 1,105 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #992 of 1,106 | #16 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #827 of 1,157 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #254 of 324 | N/A |
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
339
+81 (+31%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 43% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 36% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 34% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 16 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 20.2 | 16.3:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 22 | 15.8:1 | 24% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 27% (113) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 21% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaverdam Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (329 to 339); teachers up 19% (20.2 to 24).
About Beaverdam Elementary
As a small elementary school, Beaverdam Elementary serves students in Beaverdam, Virginia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 339 students. The school is 32% below the average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Beaverdam Elementary is one of the 24 schools that make up Hanover County Public Schools (17,434 students in total).
Roughly 84% of students at Beaverdam Elementary are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Hanover County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Beaverdam Elementary scores 29%.
Staffing at Beaverdam Elementary comes to 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is similar, at 13.8:1. Beaverdam Elementary counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 34% average for public schools in Hanover County.
On the allk12 Grade, Beaverdam Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Beaverdam Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
Looking at the county, Hanover County, median household income comes to about $112,805, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 17,434 students.
Beaverdam Elementary is about 8.5 miles from Lewis and Clark Elementary, its nearest public school. Beaverdam Elementary's average proficiency of 75.9% compares with 71.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, Beaverdam Elementary is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Beaverdam Elementary had a net gain of 81 students, or 31%. The school's ratio dropped from 16.1:1 to 14.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other Beaverdam Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beaverdam Elementary. Beaverdam Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Beaverdam ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 678 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis and Clark Elementary8.5 mi · 1,009
- Madison Elementary10.5 mi · 456
- Jouett Elementary11.2 mi · 647
- Patrick Henry High11.8 mi · 1,294
- South Anna Elementary11.9 mi · 439
- Liberty Middle12.1 mi · 910
Frequently asked questions
About Beaverdam ElementaryHow large is Beaverdam Elementary?
Beaverdam Elementary enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-05.
Is Beaverdam Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beaverdam Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Beaverdam Elementary have?
Beaverdam Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beaverdam Elementary?
At Beaverdam Elementary, the student body is approximately 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Beaverdam Elementary public or private?
Beaverdam Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover County Public Schools.
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