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Enrollment
692
Elementary
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510351001542
Ashby-Lee Elementary
480 Stonewall Lane, Quicksburg, VA 22847 · (540) 477-2927 · Shenandoah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL692 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
590 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 50 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Ashby-Lee Elementary
Ashby-Lee Elementary's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby-Lee Elementary this school | 692 | 85.3% | 59.1% |
| Sandy Hook Elementary Strasburg | 828 | 83.7% | 71.5% |
| W.T. Cooke Elementary Virginia Beach | 555 | 76.6% | 71.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Louisa | 672 | 88.8% | 81.8% |
| W.W. Robinson Elementary Woodstock | 1,035 | 84.3% | 62.5% |
| Wilson Elementary Fishersville | 655 | 82.0% | 67.6% |
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 Ashby-Lee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #854 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #873 of 1,111 ▼ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #902 of 1,111 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 692 | #194 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #591 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #797 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #426 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #359 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
692
+109 (+19%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 692 | 49.1 | 14.1:1 | 85% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 45.1 | 15.1:1 | 79% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 75% (422) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 35 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 62% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 59% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 52% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 37% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashby-Lee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (794 to 692); teachers up 11% (44 to 49.1).
About Ashby-Lee Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Quicksburg, Virginia, Ashby-Lee Elementary is part of Shenandoah County Public Schools. A federal count lists 692 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Shenandoah County Public Schools counts 5,703 students in its 9 schools, and Ashby-Lee Elementary is one of them.
Ashby-Lee Elementary is 67% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Shenandoah County, the White share is about 85%. Ashby-Lee Elementary's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.1:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. Eligible students account for 85% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 84% average for public schools in Shenandoah County.
The allk12 Grade for Ashby-Lee Elementary is C. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Ashby-Lee Elementary is 64.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.1%.
Across Shenandoah County, the median household income is $67,191, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. In all, Shenandoah County has 11 public schools and roughly 5,703 students.
The shortest distance from Ashby-Lee Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to North Fork Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ashby-Lee Elementary is 9th among 9 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put Ashby-Lee Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Federal data show a 19% enrollment gain, from 583 in 2020-21 to 692 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.7:1 to 14.1:1.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Shenandoah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,925
Census ACS
Median income
$67,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shenandoah County Public Schools
- W.W. Robinson ElementaryElementary · 1,035 students
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Central HighHigh · 728 students
- Strasburg HighHigh · 614 students
- Peter Muhlenberg MiddleMiddle · 535 students
- Stonewall Jackson HighHigh · 496 students
Other schools in Quicksburg
- Stonewall Jackson HighHigh · 496 students
- North Fork MiddleMiddle · 362 students
- Massanutten Regional Governor's SchoolElementary
Nearby schools
- North Fork Middle0.2 mi · 362
- Stonewall Jackson High0.2 mi · 496
- Plains Elementary7.9 mi · 460
- J. Frank Hillyard Middle9.6 mi · 726
- Broadway High9.8 mi · 932
- John C. Myers Elementary9.9 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Ashby-Lee ElementaryHow many students attend Ashby-Lee Elementary?
Ashby-Lee Elementary enrolls approximately 692 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ashby-Lee Elementary serve?
Ashby-Lee Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ashby-Lee Elementary?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Ashby-Lee Elementary.
How diverse is Ashby-Lee Elementary?
Ashby-Lee Elementary reports a student body of 67% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ashby-Lee Elementary?
Ashby-Lee Elementary is overseen by Shenandoah County Public Schools in Shenandoah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.