Hampton Oaks Elementary

Hampton Oaks Elementary, a sprawling elementary school in Stafford, Virginia, operated by Stafford County Public Schools, enrolls 887 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Hampton Oaks Elementary sits 78% bigger than that benchmark.

Stafford County Public Schools comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 31,812 students; Hampton Oaks Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hampton Oaks Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hampton Oaks Elementary has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hampton Oaks Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Stafford County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hampton Oaks Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 79.0%; actual is 62.3%, a gap of -16.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Stafford County shows median household earnings sit near $137,807, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Stafford County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,812 students), of which Hampton Oaks Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: H.H. Poole Middle, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hampton Oaks Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hampton Oaks Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 68.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 887 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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