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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510346002047
East Salem Elementary
1765 Boulevard, Salem, VA 24153 · (540) 375-7001 · Salem city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- A-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
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
333 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 22 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 Salem City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 East Salem Elementary
East Salem Elementary's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Salem Elementary this school | 378 | 88.1% | 72.9% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Samuel P. Langley Elementary Hampton | 429 | 92.3% | 81.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Colonial Heights | 422 | 95.7% | 66.9% |
| Westwood Hills Elementary Waynesboro | 382 | 94.5% | 67.6% |
| Crestview Elementary Richmond | 388 | 89.2% | 74.8% |
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 East Salem Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #502 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #577 of 1,111 ▼ 112 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #557 of 1,111 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #861 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #308 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #214 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #378 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #326 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
378
-59 (-14%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 378 | 29.5 | 12.8:1 | 88% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 86% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 73% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 28.5 | 15.4:1 | 51% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 44% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 30% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 29 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Salem Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (439 to 378); teachers up 4% (28.5 to 29.5).
About East Salem Elementary
East Salem Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Salem, Virginia, under Salem City Public Schools. The school has 378 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.
East Salem Elementary falls under Salem City Public Schools, which has 7 schools enrolling 3,984 students.
The biggest share of students at East Salem Elementary, 43%, is White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Salem city's population at about 83%. The diversity index for East Salem Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at East Salem Elementary totals 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Federal data show 88% of students (333) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Salem city is 51%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, East Salem Elementary outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
East Salem Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.9% and a predicted 64.1%.
The school is in Salem city, where median household income comes to about $66,725, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Salem city counts 10 public schools with about 3,984 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Hidden Valley Middle, is the closest to East Salem Elementary. East Salem Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 72.9% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's student count decreased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.6 in 2020-21.
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Salem city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,618
Census ACS
Median income
$66,725
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,984 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem City Public Schools
- Salem HighHigh · 1,202 students
- Andrew Lewis MiddleMiddle · 839 students
- Virginia Virtual Academy at SalemCombined · 415 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 404 students
- West Salem ElementaryElementary · 375 students
- South Salem ElementaryElementary · 371 students
Other schools in Salem
- Salem HighHigh · 1,202 students
- Andrew Lewis MiddleMiddle · 839 students
- Glenvar HighHigh · 620 students
- Glenvar MiddleMiddle · 433 students
- Virginia Virtual Academy at SalemCombined · 415 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Hidden Valley Middle1.5 mi · 581
- Andrew Lewis Middle1.5 mi · 839
- Virginia Virtual Academy at Salem1.6 mi · 415
- G.W. Carver Elementary1.7 mi · 404
- Fairview Elementary1.8 mi · 479
- Oak Grove Elementary2.1 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About East Salem ElementaryHow many students attend East Salem Elementary?
East Salem Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
Is East Salem Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
East Salem Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at East Salem Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at East Salem Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is East Salem Elementary?
East Salem Elementary reports a student body of 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is East Salem Elementary public or private?
East Salem Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.