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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510387001636
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary
290 Westminster Drive, Front Royal, VA 22630 · (540) 622-8090 · Warren County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
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
15.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
338 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Hilda J. Barbour Elementary
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilda J. Barbour Elementary this school | 453 | 74.6% | 70.5% |
| E. Wilson Morrison Elementary Front Royal | 458 | 73.8% | 57.9% |
| Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary Front Royal | 474 | 74.1% | 63.5% |
| Plains Elementary Timberville | 460 | 73.0% | 63.3% |
| John C. Myers Elementary Broadway | 473 | 66.4% | 69.6% |
| Indian Hollow Elementary Winchester | 398 | 76.1% | 66.3% |
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 Hilda J. Barbour Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #574 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #551 of 1,111 ▲ 177 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #496 of 1,111 ▲ 149 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #698 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #799 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #764 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #585 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #462 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
453
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 75% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 70% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 29.8 | 15.8:1 | 66% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 30.5 | 16.5:1 | 43% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 30% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 21% (117) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilda J. Barbour Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (502 to 453); teachers down 2% (30.5 to 30).
About Hilda J. Barbour Elementary
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Front Royal, Virginia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 453 students enrolled.
Warren County Public Schools is responsible for 9 schools, Hilda J. Barbour Elementary included, with 5,024 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Hilda J. Barbour Elementary, about 68 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 83%. The diversity index for Hilda J. Barbour Elementary is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. At Hilda J. Barbour Elementary, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 74% average for public schools in Warren County.
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 67.8%.
The school's county is Warren County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $84,682 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Hilda J. Barbour Elementary shares Warren County with 8 other public schools.
Warren County High is about 0.2 miles from Hilda J. Barbour Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hilda J. Barbour Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 458 students in 2020-21 and 453 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 15.1:1 over the same years.
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,531
Census ACS
Median income
$84,682
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,024 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren County Public Schools
- Skyline HighHigh · 848 students
- Warren County HighHigh · 772 students
- Ressie Jeffries ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Warren County MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Leslie Fox Keyser ElementaryElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Front Royal
- Skyline HighHigh · 848 students
- Warren County HighHigh · 772 students
- Ressie Jeffries ElementaryElementary · 649 students
- Warren County MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Leslie Fox Keyser ElementaryElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Warren County High0.2 mi · 772
- Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary0.4 mi · 474
- Warren County Middle1.0 mi · 569
- E. Wilson Morrison Elementary1.3 mi · 458
- Ressie Jeffries Elementary1.5 mi · 649
- Skyline Middle1.7 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Hilda J. Barbour ElementaryHow many students attend Hilda J. Barbour Elementary?
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hilda J. Barbour Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hilda J. Barbour Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilda J. Barbour Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hilda J. Barbour Elementary?
Student demographics at Hilda J. Barbour Elementary are roughly 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hilda J. Barbour Elementary in?
Hilda J. Barbour Elementary is part of Warren County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.