Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510132000608
H.M. Pearson Elementary
9347 Bastable Mill Rd, Catlett, VA 20119 · (540) 422-7610 · Fauquier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- ·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
15.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
171 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
63.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 76% 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 H.M. Pearson Elementary
H.M. Pearson Elementary's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.M. Pearson Elementary this school | 388 | 44.1% | 59.5% |
| W.G. Coleman Elementary The Plains | 355 | 39.4% | 65.8% |
| Orchard View Elementary Winchester | 469 | 41.6% | 62.3% |
| Mary Walter Elementary Bealeton | 397 | 52.6% | 62.5% |
| Peak View Elementary Penn Laird | 538 | 44.8% | 76.1% |
| Margaret M. Pierce Elementary Remington | 543 | 44.6% | 54.0% |
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 H.M. Pearson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fauquier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #846 of 1,101 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #852 of 1,111 ▲ 32 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #793 of 1,111 ▲ 65 | #8 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #839 of 1,176 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #858 of 1,105 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #702 of 1,106 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #820 of 1,157 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #754 of 759 | #6 of 6 |
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
388
+42 (+12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 44% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 47% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 43% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 36% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 34% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 19% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 35 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H.M. Pearson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (389 to 388); teachers unchanged (25 to 25).
About H.M. Pearson Elementary
H.M. Pearson Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Catlett, Virginia. The school's 388 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 22% lower than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
H.M. Pearson Elementary is one school in Fauquier County Public Schools, a system of 18 schools with 10,861 students.
H.M. Pearson Elementary's enrollment is 62% White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Fauquier County residents are about 80% White. The chance that two students picked at random at H.M. Pearson Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
The count of teachers at H.M. Pearson Elementary is 25 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.5:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The school counts 171 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 44%. On average, public schools in Fauquier County report 33%.
The allk12 Grade for H.M. Pearson Elementary is C-. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
H.M. Pearson Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 16.6 points (59.5% versus 76.1%), a bottom-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
In Fauquier County (population about 74,577), median household income is about $130,189, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. H.M. Pearson Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Fauquier County, which together enroll about 10,861 students.
Greenville Elementary is located about 5.6 miles from H.M. Pearson Elementary. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, H.M. Pearson Elementary is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes H.M. Pearson Elementary as Rural: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 388, 12% above the 346 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for H.M. Pearson Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Fauquier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,577
Census ACS
Median income
$130,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fauquier County Public Schools
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Kettle Run HighHigh · 1,175 students
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Cedar Lee MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Greenville Elementary5.6 mi · 449
- Kettle Run High5.8 mi · 1,175
- Grace Miller Elementary6.3 mi · 528
- Liberty High6.3 mi · 1,313
- The Nokesville School6.4 mi · 1,202
- Auburn Middle6.5 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About H.M. Pearson ElementaryHow large is H.M. Pearson Elementary?
H.M. Pearson Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does H.M. Pearson Elementary serve?
H.M. Pearson Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at H.M. Pearson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at H.M. Pearson Elementary is approximately 15.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at H.M. Pearson Elementary?
At H.M. Pearson Elementary, the student body is approximately 62% White, 28% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees H.M. Pearson Elementary?
H.M. Pearson Elementary is overseen by Fauquier County Public Schools in Fauquier County.
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