Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510282001172
Gordon-Barbour Elementary
500 W Baker Street, Gordonsville, VA 22942 · (540) 661-4500 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
230 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Gordon-Barbour Elementary
Gordon-Barbour Elementary's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon-Barbour Elementary this school | 326 | 70.6% | 73.0% |
| Burnley-Moran Elementary Charlottesville | 299 | 74.6% | 81.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary Roanoke | 377 | 71.9% | 70.6% |
| Malibu Elementary Virginia Beach | 398 | 68.1% | 65.3% |
| Nathanael Greene Primary Stanardsville | 367 | 68.4% | N/A |
| Nathanael Greene Elementary Stanardsville | 326 | 69.0% | 58.1% |
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 Gordon-Barbour Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #497 of 1,101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #287 of 1,111 ▲ 203 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #460 of 1,111 no change | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #941 of 1,176 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #421 of 1,105 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #591 of 1,106 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #661 of 1,157 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #510 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
326
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 326 | 24.3 | 13.4:1 | 71% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 67% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 70% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 60% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 59% (243) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 51% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 40% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gordon-Barbour Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (356 to 326); teachers down 10% (27 to 24.3).
About Gordon-Barbour Elementary
Gordon-Barbour Elementary is a small elementary school that serves part of Gordonsville, Virginia. It reports enrollment of 326 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
The district, Orange County Public Schools, has 5,074 students enrolled across 9 schools.
Of every 100 students at Gordon-Barbour Elementary, about 60 are White. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Orange County, the White share is about 76%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Its staff includes 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.4 students per teacher. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. Roughly 71% of students at Gordon-Barbour Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Orange County is close, at 68%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Gordon-Barbour Elementary outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Gordon-Barbour Elementary, the prediction is 68.9% and the result is 73.0%.
In Orange County, home to about 37,822 people, median household income comes to about $94,008, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County's 11 public schools enroll about 5,074 students and include Gordon-Barbour Elementary.
Gordon-Barbour Elementary's nearest public school is Trevilians Elementary (about 6.7 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. On average proficiency, Gordon-Barbour Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 310 students in 2020-21 to 326 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Gordon-Barbour Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,822
Census ACS
Median income
$94,008
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orange County Public Schools
- Orange County HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Locust Grove MiddleMiddle · 685 students
- Orange ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Locust Grove ElementaryElementary · 519 students
- Locust Grove PrimaryElementary · 500 students
- Prospect Heights MiddleMiddle · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Trevilians Elementary6.7 mi · 546
- Prospect Heights Middle8.0 mi · 466
- Orange Elementary8.6 mi · 621
- Orange County High9.1 mi · 1,477
- Stony Point Elementary9.8 mi · 217
- Baker-Butler Elementary12.4 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Gordon-Barbour ElementaryHow many students attend Gordon-Barbour Elementary?
Gordon-Barbour Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gordon-Barbour Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gordon-Barbour Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Gordon-Barbour Elementary have?
Gordon-Barbour Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Gordon-Barbour Elementary?
Student demographics at Gordon-Barbour Elementary are roughly 60% White, 11% Hispanic, 17% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Gordon-Barbour Elementary?
Gordon-Barbour Elementary is overseen by Orange County Public Schools in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.