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Chancellor Elementary

5995 Plank Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 · (540) 786-6123 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
  • C+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

Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 499
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
99 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K10%
Kindergarten6014%
Grade 15913%
Grade 27617%
Grade 38519%
Grade 47016%
Grade 58920%

This year's kindergarten class (60) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).

Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
26560%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
7718%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
4711%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
133%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
348%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
23954%
Female
20146%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.

SOL results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2579.0%85.0%
2023-2481.0%84.0%
2022-2384.0%88.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Chancellor Elementary

Chancellor Elementary's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Chancellor Elementary this school44022.5%80.3%
Randolph Elementary
Crozier
38726.1%85.6%
North Landing Elementary
Virginia Beach
46319.0%86.4%
Stone Robinson Elementary
Charlottesville
47630.3%75.8%
Algonkian Elementary
Sterling
45727.6%85.8%
Armstrong Elementary
Reston
35719.3%73.5%
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 Chancellor Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn VirginiaIn Spotsylvania County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
80.3%#307 of 1,101#1 of 18
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
85.0%#262 of 1,111
▼ 17
#1 of 18
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
79.0%#369 of 1,111
▼ 65
#1 of 18
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
440#730 of 1,176#17 of 18
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.6:1#1,050 of 1,105#17 of 18
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
58.8%#596 of 1,106#16 of 18
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
22.5%#1,008 of 1,157#18 of 18
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.7%#745 of 759#8 of 9
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 2024-25
Enrollment
440
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254402517.6:123% (99)
2023-244392517.6:123% (101)
2022-234562716.9:124% (108)
2020-214092715.2:1N/A
2017-184432517.7:121% (94)
2015-164222120.1:121% (89)
2010-113552315.4:115% (53)
2000-013572315.5:110% (34)
1990-916683519.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chancellor Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 1% (443 to 440); teachers unchanged (25 to 25).

About Chancellor Elementary

Federal records list Chancellor Elementary as an elementary school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In all, 440 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.

Spotsylvania County Public Schools is the local district for Chancellor Elementary. It runs 29 schools with 24,036 students.

More than half of the students at Chancellor Elementary are White (60%). Next come 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Spotsylvania County, where about 63% of residents are White. The diversity index for Chancellor Elementary is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Teacher count: 25 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.6:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 3.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. The average for public schools in Spotsylvania County is 58%.

On the allk12 Grade, Chancellor Elementary lands at B, ahead of 57% of Virginia public elementary schools.

Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Chancellor Elementary's results are 1.7 points below predicted: 80.3% against 82.0%.

In the wider Spotsylvania County area, median household income comes to about $112,738, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Spotsylvania County's 34 public schools enroll about 24,036 students and include Chancellor Elementary.

Among nearby public schools, Riverbend High is closest at about 0.4 miles. Chancellor Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Chancellor Elementary ranks 1st on proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 409 to 440. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.2:1 to 17.6:1.

The allk12 page for Chancellor Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.

Spotsylvania County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students

Quick facts

School name
Chancellor Elementary
District
Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Address
5995 Plank Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Phone
(540) 786-6123
County
Spotsylvania County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
440
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
17.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
99 (23%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
510364001587
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Other schools in Fredericksburg
Other Chancellor Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Chancellor Elementary. Chancellor Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Chancellor Elementary
How many students attend Chancellor Elementary?
Chancellor Elementary enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chancellor Elementary serve?
Chancellor Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chancellor Elementary have?
Chancellor Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Chancellor Elementary?
Chancellor Elementary reports a student body of 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Chancellor Elementary?
Chancellor Elementary is overseen by Spotsylvania County Public Schools in Spotsylvania County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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