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What's the biggest difference between Buckland Mills Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
735
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002588
Buckland Mills Elementary
10511 Wharfdale Place, Gainesville, VA 20155 · (703) 530-1560 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-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
17.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
222 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 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 down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Buckland Mills Elementary
Buckland Mills Elementary's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland Mills Elementary this school | 735 | 30.2% | 82.3% |
| Hutchison Farm Elementary South Riding | 672 | 30.5% | 82.5% |
| Arlington Traditional Arlington | 624 | 35.3% | 93.9% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Pennington Traditional Manassas | 651 | 31.8% | 92.9% |
| Cedar Lane Elementary Ashburn | 701 | 22.8% | 85.9% |
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 Buckland Mills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #250 of 1,101 | #18 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #324 of 1,111 ▼ 58 | #19 of 64 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #247 of 1,111 ▲ 30 | #13 of 64 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #154 of 1,176 | #20 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,057 of 1,105 | #58 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #51 of 1,106 | #12 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #940 of 1,157 | #52 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #102 of 324 | #8 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
735
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 1,049
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 735 | 41.3 | 17.8:1 | 30% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 42.2 | 17.9:1 | 29% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 42.3 | 18.4:1 | 28% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 40 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 36.3 | 18.0:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 1,049 | 48 | 21.9:1 | 16% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckland Mills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (655 to 735); teachers up 14% (36.3 to 41.3).
About Buckland Mills Elementary
Buckland Mills Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Gainesville, Virginia. The school's enrollment of 735 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 47% higher than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
The district, Prince William County Public Schools, operates 95 schools serving 90,242 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Buckland Mills Elementary, at 34%. Enrollment also includes 29% Asian, 15% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Prince William County, the White share is about 43%. Buckland Mills Elementary's diversity index is 75%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.8:1, with 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Buckland Mills Elementary is 30%. It compares with 55% for public schools in Prince William County.
allk12 grades Buckland Mills Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.9% for Buckland Mills Elementary. The school posts 82.3%, 2.4 points above the prediction.
Prince William County census figures show that the median household income is $131,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Prince William County is home to 102 public schools and about 89,591 public school students.
The nearest public school is George G. Tyler Elementary, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Buckland Mills Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 more students in 2024-25.
Community posts for Buckland Mills Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Gainesville
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gainesville MiddleMiddle · 1,403 students
- Bull Run MiddleMiddle · 1,129 students
- Glenkirk ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- George G. Tyler ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Pace WestElementary
Nearby schools
- George G. Tyler Elementary0.9 mi · 490
- Haymarket Elementary1.0 mi · 963
- Glenkirk Elementary2.3 mi · 554
- Gainesville Middle2.3 mi · 1,403
- Bull Run Middle2.4 mi · 1,129
- Gainesville High2.6 mi · 2,648
Frequently asked questions
About Buckland Mills ElementaryHow large is Buckland Mills Elementary?
Buckland Mills Elementary enrolls approximately 735 students in grades PK-05.
Is Buckland Mills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Buckland Mills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Buckland Mills Elementary have?
Buckland Mills Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Buckland Mills Elementary?
Student demographics at Buckland Mills Elementary are roughly 34% White, 13% Hispanic, 15% Black, 29% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Buckland Mills Elementary public or private?
Buckland Mills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.