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Enrollment
896
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384002220
Glenwood Elementary
2213 Round Hill Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 · (757) 648-2520 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-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
14.8:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
406 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 37 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 162 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (162).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Glenwood Elementary
Glenwood Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Elementary this school | 896 | 45.3% | 82.4% |
| Conway Elementary Fredericksburg | 904 | 47.2% | 64.4% |
| Landstown Elementary Virginia Beach | 632 | 41.5% | 59.5% |
| Winding Creek Elementary Stafford | 840 | 35.0% | 76.8% |
| A. Henderson Elementary Dumfries | 815 | 33.7% | 82.6% |
| Tallwood Elementary Virginia Beach | 601 | 43.9% | 80.5% |
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 Glenwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #246 of 1,101 | #15 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #238 of 1,111 ▲ 59 | #16 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #225 of 1,111 ▼ 14 | #19 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #36 of 1,176 | #1 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #743 of 1,105 | #35 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #21 of 1,106 | #4 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #812 of 1,157 | #31 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #431 of 759 | #18 of 40 |
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
896
-67 (-7%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,698
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 896 | 60.4 | 14.8:1 | 45% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 979 | 62.4 | 15.7:1 | 46% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 986 | 63 | 15.7:1 | 44% (437) |
| 2020-21 | 963 | 62 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | 54.1 | 18.5:1 | 38% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 39 | 26.1:1 | 42% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 35% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 1,142 | 74 | 15.4:1 | 25% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 1,698 | 83 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,002 to 896); teachers up 12% (54.1 to 60.4).
About Glenwood Elementary
In Virginia Beach, Virginia, part of Virginia Beach city, Glenwood Elementary is an elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 896 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 80% higher.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools enrolls 64,731 students in 82 schools, including Glenwood Elementary.
Glenwood Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 37%. The school is also 20% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 13% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. The chance that two students picked at random at Glenwood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
Federal staffing data show 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Glenwood Elementary and a ratio of 14.8:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 45% of students.
Glenwood Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 80% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Virginia, Glenwood Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 82.4% actual against a predicted 75.8%.
Across Virginia Beach city, median household income is about $92,968, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Glenwood Elementary is among the 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city.
The nearest public school is Salem High, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Glenwood Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 896, 7% below the 963 of 2020-21.
Community posts for Glenwood Elementary can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Glenwood Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 16 states are named Glenwood Elementary. Glenwood Elementary is the largest of the 23.
- Glenwood ElementaryLake Stevens, WA · 641 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolMedia, PA · 586 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolWaukegan, IL · 577 students
- Glenwood Elementary SchoolChatham, IL · 573 students
- Glenwood ElementaryGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 543 students
Nearby schools
- Salem High0.7 mi · 1,690
- Rosemont Forest Elementary0.9 mi · 497
- Salem Middle1.0 mi · 1,072
- Salem Elementary1.0 mi · 541
- New Castle Elementary1.7 mi · 728
- Indian Lakes Elementary1.8 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood ElementaryHow large is Glenwood Elementary?
Glenwood Elementary enrolls approximately 896 students in grades PK-05.
Is Glenwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glenwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Glenwood Elementary have?
Glenwood Elementary employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Glenwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Glenwood Elementary are roughly 37% White, 15% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Glenwood Elementary public or private?
Glenwood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.