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What's the most underrated thing about Harrison Road Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
732
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364002317
Harrison Road Elementary
6230 Harrison Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 · (540) 548-4864 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
533 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 63 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
69%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
51.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 62.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Harrison Road Elementary
Harrison Road Elementary's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Road Elementary this school | 732 | 72.8% | 48.5% |
| Battlefield Elementary Fredericksburg | 665 | 73.4% | 65.8% |
| Elizabeth Scott Elementary Chester | 729 | 77.2% | 73.9% |
| Crestwood Elementary Richmond | 635 | 76.9% | 66.4% |
| Yowell Elementary Culpeper | 687 | 63.9% | 62.5% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
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 Harrison Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #997 of 1,101 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #822 of 1,111 ▲ 157 | #15 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,005 of 1,111 ▼ 50 | #18 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #156 of 1,176 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #515 of 1,105 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #253 of 1,106 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #619 of 1,157 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #532 of 759 | #3 of 9 |
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
732
+27 (+4%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 732 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 73% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 732 | 43 | 17.0:1 | 73% (532) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 67% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 46 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 46.8 | 16.9:1 | 52% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 801 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 53% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 47 | 16.8:1 | 41% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (793 to 732); teachers up 13% (46.8 to 53).
About Harrison Road Elementary
Harrison Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Its enrollment is 732 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students, which makes this school 47% above average.
Spotsylvania County Public Schools has 24,036 students in 29 schools, and Harrison Road Elementary is one of those schools.
At Harrison Road Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups make up 30% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 13% of Spotsylvania County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Harrison Road Elementary are from different groups.
The school had 53 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is similar, at 13.8:1. The school reported 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 15 points above the 58% average for public schools in Spotsylvania County.
On the allk12 Grade, Harrison Road Elementary lands at D, ahead of 7% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Harrison Road Elementary is -19.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.5%, and the predicted rate is 68.3%.
In Spotsylvania County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $112,738, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 34 public schools and about 24,036 students.
Chancellor Middle sits about 0.1 miles from Harrison Road Elementary. Harrison Road Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 66.9% proficiency; Harrison Road Elementary posts 48.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment rose 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.8:1.
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Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Chancellor Middle0.1 mi · 799
- Chancellor High0.2 mi · 1,321
- Battlefield Elementary1.0 mi · 665
- Battlefield Middle1.1 mi · 780
- Salem Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- Riverbend High1.9 mi · 1,913
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harrison Road Elementary?
Harrison Road Elementary enrolls approximately 732 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harrison Road Elementary serve?
Harrison Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harrison Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Harrison Road Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrison Road Elementary?
At Harrison Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 43% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Harrison Road Elementary in?
Harrison Road Elementary is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.