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Best kept secret at Edward G. Clymore Elementary?
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Enrollment
803
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUGUSTA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510030001080
Edward G. Clymore Elementary
184 Fort Defiance Rd, Fort Defiance, VA 24437 · (540) 245-5043 · Augusta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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
16.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
547 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 54 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Edward G. Clymore Elementary
Edward G. Clymore Elementary's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward G. Clymore Elementary this school | 803 | 68.1% | 61.4% |
| Stuarts Draft Elementary Stuarts Draft | 646 | 69.3% | 70.1% |
| Ressie Jeffries Elementary Front Royal | 649 | 74.1% | 68.4% |
| Cassell Elementary Waynesboro | 634 | 71.1% | 68.1% |
| Riverheads Elementary Staunton | 714 | 72.8% | 68.9% |
| Emerald Hill Elementary Culpeper | 702 | 55.1% | 72.0% |
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 Edward G. Clymore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Augusta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #805 of 1,101 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #662 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #758 of 1,111 ▲ 68 | #5 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #90 of 1,176 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #930 of 1,105 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #912 of 1,106 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #718 of 1,157 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #305 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
803
+59 (+8%) vs 2020
+30% since 2000-01, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 803 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 68% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 776 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 66% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 49% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 41 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 797 | 46.6 | 17.1:1 | 46% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 42% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 42% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 20% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward G. Clymore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (797 to 803); teachers up 7% (46.6 to 50).
About Edward G. Clymore Elementary
Edward G. Clymore Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Fort Defiance, Virginia. The school counted 803 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 61% above the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Augusta County Public Schools is the local district for Edward G. Clymore Elementary. It runs 20 schools with 10,742 students.
The student body at Edward G. Clymore Elementary is 77% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 89%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 50 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.1:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.2 students per teacher. The school reported 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Augusta County is close, at 67%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Edward G. Clymore Elementary outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Edward G. Clymore Elementary is -8.2 points: 61.4% actual, 69.6% predicted.
For Augusta County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $82,049, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,742, Edward G. Clymore Elementary among them.
Fort Defiance High is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Edward G. Clymore Elementary at 5th of 6.
NCES assigns Edward G. Clymore Elementary the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 744 (2020-21) to 803 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.1:1 to 16.1:1.
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Augusta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,033
Census ACS
Median income
$82,049
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Augusta County Public Schools
- Wilson Memorial HighHigh · 837 students
- Fort Defiance HighHigh · 731 students
- Riverheads ElementaryElementary · 714 students
- Stuarts Draft HighHigh · 668 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 655 students
- Stuarts Draft ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Other schools in Fort Defiance
- Fort Defiance HighHigh · 731 students
- S. Gordon Stewart MiddleMiddle · 516 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Defiance High0.2 mi · 731
- S. Gordon Stewart Middle0.2 mi · 516
- Staunton High7.0 mi · 766
- Thomas C. McSwain Elementary7.2 mi · 449
- North River Elementary7.3 mi · 222
- Staunton City School PreSchool Programs7.8 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Edward G. Clymore ElementaryHow many students attend Edward G. Clymore Elementary?
Edward G. Clymore Elementary enrolls approximately 803 students in grades PK-05.
Is Edward G. Clymore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edward G. Clymore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edward G. Clymore Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edward G. Clymore Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edward G. Clymore Elementary?
At Edward G. Clymore Elementary, the student body is approximately 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Edward G. Clymore Elementary?
Edward G. Clymore Elementary is overseen by Augusta County Public Schools in Augusta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.