Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510333001998
Fort Lewis Elementary
3115 West Main St, Salem, VA 24153 · (540) 387-6594 · Roanoke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
54 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
88.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Fort Lewis Elementary
Fort Lewis Elementary's state test result (88.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lewis Elementary this school | 250 | 21.6% | 88.8% |
| Broadus Wood Elementary Earlysville | 282 | 17.7% | 78.3% |
| Bonsack Elementary Roanoke | 311 | 22.5% | 93.9% |
| Back Creek Elementary Roanoke | 274 | 22.3% | 90.6% |
| Boonsboro Elementary Lynchburg | 309 | 26.5% | 77.9% |
| Virginia L. Murray Elementary Charlottesville | 273 | 11.7% | 93.1% |
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 Fort Lewis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #79 of 1,101 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #97 of 1,111 ▲ 70 | #4 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #109 of 1,111 ▼ 73 | #4 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,043 of 1,176 | #14 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #634 of 1,105 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #949 of 1,106 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #1,015 of 1,157 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #700 of 759 | #10 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
250
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 183
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 250 | 17.5 | 14.3:1 | 22% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 17.5 | 14.1:1 | 23% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 17.5 | 14.7:1 | 23% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 17 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 25% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 22% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 22% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 185 | 14 | 13.2:1 | 15% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 183 | 11 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Lewis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (255 to 250); teachers down 3% (18 to 17.5).
About Fort Lewis Elementary
Fort Lewis Elementary is an elementary school in Salem, Virginia, and it is part of Roanoke County Public Schools. The latest federal count shows 250 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 50% smaller than average.
The district for Fort Lewis Elementary is Roanoke County Public Schools, with 26 schools and 13,735 students.
Roughly 79% of students at Fort Lewis Elementary are White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Fort Lewis Elementary operates with 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Fort Lewis Elementary reports 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 49% average among public schools in Roanoke County.
allk12 grades Fort Lewis Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Fort Lewis Elementary is 82.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 88.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Roanoke County, the median household income is $83,709, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Roanoke County is home to 26 public schools and about 13,154 public school students.
Glenvar Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Fort Lewis Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Fort Lewis Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, Fort Lewis Elementary's enrollment climbed 5%, to 250.
Community posts for Fort Lewis Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Roanoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,023
Census ACS
Median income
$83,709
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,154 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke County Public Schools
- William Byrd HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- William Byrd MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 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
- Glenvar Elementary1.3 mi · 372
- Glenvar Middle1.4 mi · 433
- Glenvar High1.4 mi · 620
- South Salem Elementary1.7 mi · 371
- Salem High2.1 mi · 1,202
- West Salem Elementary2.3 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Lewis ElementaryHow many students attend Fort Lewis Elementary?
Fort Lewis Elementary enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fort Lewis Elementary serve?
Fort Lewis Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Fort Lewis Elementary have?
Fort Lewis Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Fort Lewis Elementary?
Fort Lewis Elementary reports a student body of 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Lewis Elementary?
Fort Lewis Elementary is overseen by Roanoke County Public Schools in Roanoke County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.