Enrollment
410
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINCHESTER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510405001779
Garland R. Quarles Elementary
1310 S Loudoun St, Winchester, VA 22601 · (540) 662-3575 · Winchester city
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
340 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 55% larger than its 4th grade class (55).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 Winchester City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
68.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +19.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 19 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Garland R. Quarles Elementary
Garland R. Quarles Elementary's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garland R. Quarles Elementary this school | 410 | 82.9% | 59.8% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary Winchester | 376 | 83.0% | 71.2% |
| Keister Elementary Harrisonburg | 475 | 85.1% | 62.6% |
| Meadowland Elementary Sterling | 403 | 84.9% | 67.1% |
| Bluestone Elementary Harrisonburg | 566 | 85.0% | 49.3% |
| Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary Winchester | 415 | 83.6% | 50.5% |
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 Garland R. Quarles Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #843 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #735 of 1,111 ▲ 128 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #841 of 1,111 ▲ 117 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #789 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #626 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #350 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #466 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #625 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
410
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 410 | 28.8 | 14.3:1 | 83% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 29.2 | 13.3:1 | 85% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 77% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 34 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 30.6 | 14.0:1 | 74% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 81% (462) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 74% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 51% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garland R. Quarles Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (429 to 410); teachers down 6% (30.6 to 28.8).
About Garland R. Quarles Elementary
Garland R. Quarles Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Winchester. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 410 students in pre-K through 4.
Winchester City Public Schools is responsible for 7 schools, Garland R. Quarles Elementary included, with 4,362 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Garland R. Quarles Elementary is Hispanic (46%). Other students are 33% White, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Winchester city residents. Garland R. Quarles Elementary has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Garland R. Quarles Elementary was 14.3:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 83%. Across public schools in Winchester city, the average is about the same, 82%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Garland R. Quarles Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Garland R. Quarles Elementary is -5.7 points: 59.8% actual, 65.5% predicted.
Within Winchester city, median household income is about $63,974, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Federal data list 8 public schools in Winchester city, with a combined enrollment of about 5,235.
John Handley High is the public school closest to Garland R. Quarles Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.4%; Garland R. Quarles Elementary's is 59.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 410 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 386. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.3:1, from 11.3:1.
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Winchester city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,913
Census ACS
Median income
$63,974
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
5,235 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winchester City Public Schools
- John Handley HighHigh · 1,361 students
- Daniel Morgan MiddleMiddle · 642 students
- John Kerr ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Daniel Morgan IntermediateMiddle · 575 students
- Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart ElementaryElementary · 415 students
- Frederick Douglass ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Winchester
- Millbrook HighHigh · 1,550 students
- James Wood HighHigh · 1,462 students
- John Handley HighHigh · 1,361 students
- James Wood MiddleMiddle · 873 students
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Frederick County MiddleMiddle · 732 students
Nearby schools
- John Handley High0.6 mi · 1,361
- Daniel Morgan Middle1.1 mi · 642
- Daniel Morgan Intermediate1.1 mi · 575
- Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary1.3 mi · 415
- James Wood Middle1.5 mi · 873
- Frederick Douglass Elementary1.6 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Garland R. Quarles ElementaryHow large is Garland R. Quarles Elementary?
Garland R. Quarles Elementary enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-04.
Is Garland R. Quarles Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garland R. Quarles Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Garland R. Quarles Elementary?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Garland R. Quarles Elementary.
How diverse is Garland R. Quarles Elementary?
Garland R. Quarles Elementary reports a student body of 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Garland R. Quarles Elementary?
Garland R. Quarles Elementary is overseen by Winchester City Public Schools in Winchester city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.