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Alumni: what's one memory from Conway Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
904
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002465
Conway Elementary
105 Primmer House Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 · (540) 361-1455 · Stafford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest 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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
427 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 144 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 192 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
74%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
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Conway Elementary
Conway Elementary's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conway Elementary this school | 904 | 47.2% | 64.4% |
| Glenwood Elementary Virginia Beach | 896 | 45.3% | 82.4% |
| Stafford Elementary Stafford | 879 | 42.8% | 66.4% |
| Winding Creek Elementary Stafford | 840 | 35.0% | 76.8% |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Alexandria | 680 | 42.6% | 74.4% |
| Landstown Elementary Virginia Beach | 632 | 41.5% | 59.5% |
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 Conway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #736 of 1,101 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #709 of 1,111 ▲ 112 | #10 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #639 of 1,111 ▲ 135 | #9 of 17 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #34 of 1,176 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #741 of 1,105 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.8% | #89 of 1,106 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #805 of 1,157 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #87 of 324 | #5 of 11 |
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
904
+65 (+8%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 904 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 47% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 918 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 52% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 893 | 51 | 17.5:1 | 45% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 839 | 44 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 792 | 38.5 | 20.6:1 | 30% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 41 | 19.4:1 | 30% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | 41 | 20.9:1 | 22% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (792 to 904); teachers up 58% (38.5 to 61).
About Conway Elementary
Conway Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The school's enrollment of 904 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students each.
Conway Elementary is one of the 32 schools that make up Stafford County Public Schools (31,812 students in total).
White students form the largest group at Conway Elementary, 39% of enrollment. Next come 22% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 54% White among all Stafford County residents. By the diversity index, Conway Elementary comes in at 74%.
Conway Elementary operates with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. About 47% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 45% average for public schools in Stafford County.
The allk12 Grade for Conway Elementary is C. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Conway Elementary would be expected to post about 75.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.4%.
Census estimates describe Stafford County this way: median household income is about $137,807, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 41 public schools in Stafford County, with a combined enrollment of about 31,812.
The closest public school to Conway Elementary is Falmouth Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 65.5%, higher than Conway Elementary's 64.4%.
Conway Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 8%, from 839 to 904. The school's ratio fell from 19.1:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Other Conway Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Conway Elementary. Conway Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Conway ElementaryConway, SC · 583 students
- Conway ElementaryEscondido, CA · 547 students
- CONWAY ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 426 students
- CONWAY ELEMENTARYST LOUIS, MO · 392 students
- Conway Elementary SchoolConway, NH · 187 students
Nearby schools
- Falmouth Elementary0.9 mi · 724
- Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle1.1 mi · 625
- Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle1.2 mi · 887
- Grafton Village Elementary1.3 mi · 737
- Stafford Senior High1.8 mi · 2,198
- Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center at Melchers2.0 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Conway ElementaryHow many students attend Conway Elementary?
Conway Elementary enrolls approximately 904 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Conway Elementary serve?
Conway Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Conway Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Conway Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Conway Elementary?
At Conway Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 20% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Conway Elementary public or private?
Conway Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.