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Which teacher or staff member at Central Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510337001479
Central Elementary
85 Central Road, Lexington, VA 24450 · (540) 463-4500 · Lexington city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
400 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Rockbridge County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Central Elementary
Central Elementary's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary this school | 466 | 85.8% | 70.5% |
| Goodview Elementary Goodview | 504 | 82.9% | 76.4% |
| Falling Branch Elementary Christiansburg | 535 | 88.6% | 67.8% |
| Floyd Elementary Floyd | 448 | 80.8% | 60.1% |
| Jeter-Watson Elementary Covington | 491 | 83.3% | 58.5% |
| W.E. Cundiff Elementary Vinton | 486 | 81.3% | 78.6% |
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 Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #573 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #658 of 1,111 ▼ 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #660 of 1,111 ▼ 135 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #663 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #279 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #959 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.8% | #416 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #374 of 759 |
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
466
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 466 | 36.8 | 12.7:1 | 86% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 35.5 | 13.0:1 | 85% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 36.8 | 12.3:1 | 70% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 46% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 40% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 35% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 26% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (530 to 466); teachers up 12% (33 to 36.8).
About Central Elementary
In Lexington, Virginia, part of Lexington city, Central Elementary is an elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 466 students.
Rockbridge County Public Schools enrolls 2,488 students, and its 6 schools include Central Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Central Elementary is 79% White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Lexington city overall, the White share is about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary is 12.7:1, based on 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Lexington city, the average is 61%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Central Elementary outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Central Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.5%, compared with a predicted 64.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Lexington city area, median household income comes to about $84,517, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Lexington city counts 4 public schools with about 1,484 students.
Lylburn Downing Middle is about 0.3 miles from Central Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Central Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 466, from 440 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Central Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Lexington city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,525
Census ACS
Median income
$84,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,484 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockbridge County Public Schools
- Rockbridge County HighHigh · 916 students
- Maury River MiddleMiddle · 481 students
- Fairfield ElementaryElementary · 241 students
- Natural Bridge ElementaryElementary · 230 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 154 students
Other schools in Lexington
- Rockbridge County HighHigh · 916 students
- Maury River MiddleMiddle · 481 students
- Harrington Waddell ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Lylburn Downing MiddleMiddle · 187 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary is the 46th largest of the 152.
- Central ElementaryPalmyra, VA · 751 students
- Central ElementaryAmherst, VA · 268 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
- Central ElementaryBanning, CA · 782 students
Nearby schools
- Lylburn Downing Middle0.3 mi · 187
- Maury River Middle0.7 mi · 481
- Harrington Waddell Elementary1.0 mi · 350
- Rockbridge County High1.6 mi · 916
- Mountain View Elementary4.3 mi · 154
- F.W. Kling Jr. Elementary5.0 mi · 177
Frequently asked questions
About Central ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Central Elementary?
Central Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Central Elementary serve?
Central Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Central Elementary?
Student demographics at Central Elementary are roughly 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary?
Central Elementary is overseen by Rockbridge County Public Schools in Lexington city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.