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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULPEPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510105001612
Emerald Hill Elementary
11245 Rixeyville Rd, Culpeper, VA 22701 · (540) 937-7361 · Culpeper County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
387 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Emerald Hill Elementary
Emerald Hill Elementary's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Hill Elementary this school | 702 | 55.1% | 72.0% |
| Central Elementary Palmyra | 751 | 60.6% | N/A |
| A.G. Richardson Elementary Culpeper | 563 | 55.4% | 77.8% |
| Laurel Meadow Elementary Mechanicsville | 591 | 44.0% | 75.6% |
| Edward G. Clymore Elementary Fort Defiance | 803 | 68.1% | 61.4% |
| King George Elementary King George | 683 | 66.5% | 68.3% |
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 Emerald Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Culpeper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #527 of 1,101 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #336 of 1,111 ▲ 143 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #577 of 1,111 ▲ 226 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #186 of 1,176 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #958 of 1,105 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #774 of 1,106 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #783 of 1,157 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #717 of 759 | 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
702
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 702 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 35% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 40 | 17.5:1 | 37% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 671 | 42 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 45.3 | 15.7:1 | 37% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 45 | 18.5:1 | 25% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 58 | 14.6:1 | 21% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerald Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (713 to 702); teachers down 5% (45.3 to 43).
About Emerald Hill Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Emerald Hill Elementary serves students in Culpeper, Virginia. The school had 702 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
A total of 11 schools make up Culpeper County Public Schools, with 8,381 students enrolled.
Emerald Hill Elementary is 69% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Black. The county population is about 67% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Emerald Hill Elementary counts 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.3 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.5 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 55% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Culpeper County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Emerald Hill Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Virginia, Emerald Hill Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 72.0% actual against a predicted 73.1%.
In Culpeper County (population about 54,397), the median household income is $100,049, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Emerald Hill Elementary is one of 11 public schools in the county.
Culpeper County High is the public school closest to Emerald Hill Elementary, about 3.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. On average proficiency, Emerald Hill Elementary is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Emerald Hill Elementary is Rural: Distant.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment rise, from 671 in 2020-21 to 702 in 2024-25.
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Culpeper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,397
Census ACS
Median income
$100,049
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
8,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Culpeper County Public Schools
- Eastern View HighHigh · 1,529 students
- Culpeper County HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Culpeper MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
- Floyd T. Binns MiddleMiddle · 825 students
- Sycamore Park ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Yowell ElementaryElementary · 687 students
Other schools in Culpeper
- Eastern View HighHigh · 1,529 students
- Culpeper County HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Culpeper MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
- Floyd T. Binns MiddleMiddle · 825 students
- Sycamore Park ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Yowell ElementaryElementary · 687 students
Nearby schools
- Culpeper County High3.7 mi · 1,204
- Culpeper Middle3.7 mi · 1,040
- Floyd T. Binns Middle4.2 mi · 825
- Sycamore Park Elementary4.3 mi · 689
- Yowell Elementary4.7 mi · 687
- Eastern View High5.1 mi · 1,529
Frequently asked questions
About Emerald Hill ElementaryHow many students attend Emerald Hill Elementary?
Emerald Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 702 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Emerald Hill Elementary serve?
Emerald Hill Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerald Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerald Hill Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emerald Hill Elementary?
At Emerald Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Emerald Hill Elementary public or private?
Emerald Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Culpeper County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.