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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSBURG-JAMES CITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510402002171
D.J. Montague Elementary
5380 Centerville Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23188 · (757) 258-3022 · James City County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
343 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp 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 81 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 D.J. Montague Elementary
D.J. Montague Elementary's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.J. Montague Elementary this school | 515 | 66.6% | 75.3% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Virginia Beach | 500 | 68.4% | 72.3% |
| Pembroke Meadows Elementary Virginia Beach | 485 | 68.7% | 78.9% |
| Southwestern Elementary Suffolk | 579 | 69.4% | 70.8% |
| Linkhorn Park Elementary Virginia Beach | 514 | 68.5% | 80.4% |
| Alanton Elementary Virginia Beach | 632 | 67.4% | 83.0% |
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 D.J. Montague Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In James City County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #432 of 1,101 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #391 of 1,111 ▼ 2 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #528 of 1,111 ▼ 145 | #5 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #536 of 1,176 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #420 of 1,105 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #387 of 1,106 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.6% | #733 of 1,157 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #183 of 324 | N/A |
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
515
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 764
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 515 | 38.5 | 13.4:1 | 67% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 37.5 | 13.9:1 | 68% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 41.5 | 12.4:1 | 47% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 34 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 29.7 | 16.4:1 | 36% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 32% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 567 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 24% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 764 | 42 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D.J. Montague Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (485 to 515); teachers up 30% (29.7 to 38.5).
About D.J. Montague Elementary
D.J. Montague Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Williamsburg, Virginia, (ZIP code 23188). The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 515 students.
D.J. Montague Elementary sits within Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, which has 16 schools and 11,371 students.
The most common group at D.J. Montague Elementary is White students, at 50%. The school is also 28% Black, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 73%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.4:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. D.J. Montague Elementary reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in James City County averages 44%, lower than here.
allk12 grades D.J. Montague Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 70.0% at D.J. Montague Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.3%.
Census estimates describe James City County this way: the median household income is $109,985, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides D.J. Montague Elementary, James City County has 14 other public schools.
Lafayette High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles away. The five-mile area around D.J. Montague Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: D.J. Montague Elementary ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 75.3% versus a 76.6% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Over 4 years, D.J. Montague Elementary's enrollment climbed 11%, to 515.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
James City County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,013
Census ACS
Median income
$109,985
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
9,715 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Toano MiddleMiddle · 704 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Stonehouse ElementaryElementary · 838 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette High1.6 mi · 1,247
- Lois Hornsby Middle1.8 mi · 805
- J. Blaine Blayton Elementary1.9 mi · 481
- Warhill High2.4 mi · 1,277
- Matoaka Elementary2.8 mi · 595
- James Blair Middle3.8 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About D.J. Montague ElementaryHow many students attend D.J. Montague Elementary?
D.J. Montague Elementary enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does D.J. Montague Elementary serve?
D.J. Montague Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at D.J. Montague Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at D.J. Montague Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at D.J. Montague Elementary?
Student demographics at D.J. Montague Elementary are roughly 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is D.J. Montague Elementary in?
D.J. Montague Elementary is part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.