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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001286
Belmont Elementary
751 Norwood Ln, Woodbridge, VA 22191 · (703) 494-4945 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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
13.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
350 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
56%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
73.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +20.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 73 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 20 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Belmont Elementary
Belmont Elementary's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Elementary this school | 492 | 71.1% | 73.8% |
| Potomac View Elementary Woodbridge | 557 | 70.7% | 69.8% |
| Dale City Elementary Woodbridge | 443 | 71.1% | 81.8% |
| Enterprise Elementary Woodbridge | 414 | 70.5% | 66.0% |
| Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary Woodbridge | 601 | 69.9% | 52.8% |
| Neabsco Elementary Woodbridge | 635 | 70.9% | 73.3% |
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 Belmont Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #476 of 1,101 | #36 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #409 of 1,111 no change | #27 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #514 of 1,111 ▼ 23 | #38 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #606 of 1,176 | #50 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #362 of 1,105 | #2 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #657 of 1,106 | #50 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #642 of 1,157 | #11 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #250 of 324 | #16 of 17 |
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
492
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 492 | 37.7 | 13.1:1 | 71% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 37.2 | 13.5:1 | 98% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 79% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 40 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 36.7 | 13.0:1 | 75% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 68% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 62% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 42% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (477 to 492); teachers up 3% (36.7 to 37.7).
About Belmont Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Woodbridge, Virginia, Belmont Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 492 students.
Within Prince William County Public Schools, Belmont Elementary is one of 95 schools. The district enrolls 90,242 students.
Roughly 63% of students at Belmont Elementary are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Black, 10% Asian, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 26%. Belmont Elementary's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Belmont Elementary was 13.1:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 71%. The average for public schools in Prince William County is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for Belmont Elementary is B. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Belmont Elementary, the prediction is 68.7% and the result is 73.8%.
In the county around the school, Prince William County, the median household income is $131,402, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 102 public schools in Prince William County, enrolling about 89,591 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Fred M. Lynn Middle, is about 1.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 64.7%; Belmont Elementary's is 73.8%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Belmont Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Belmont Elementary had 533 students, to 2024-25, when it had 492.
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Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Other Belmont Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Belmont Elementary. Belmont Elementary is the 4th largest of the 13.
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUN CITY CENTER, FL · 776 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 773 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolRoanoke Rapids, NC · 614 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 394 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolShawnee, KS · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Fred M. Lynn Middle1.3 mi · 973
- Occoquan Elementary1.5 mi · 571
- R. Dean Kilby Elementary1.6 mi · 613
- Potomac View Elementary1.7 mi · 557
- Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary2.2 mi · 601
- Woodbridge Middle2.3 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont Elementary?
Belmont Elementary enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belmont Elementary serve?
Belmont Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Belmont Elementary have?
Belmont Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belmont Elementary?
At Belmont Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 63% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Belmont Elementary in?
Belmont Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.