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What's something J.W. Alvey Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002417
J.W. Alvey Elementary
5300 Waverly Farm Dr., Haymarket, VA 20169 · (571) 261-2556 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- ·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
16.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
50 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 91.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
89.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 J.W. Alvey Elementary
J.W. Alvey Elementary's state test result (89.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Alvey Elementary this school | 523 | 9.6% | 89.3% |
| Great Falls Elementary Great Falls | 513 | 7.4% | 92.2% |
| Seldens Landing Elementary Leesburg | 508 | 15.7% | 82.0% |
| Sycolin Creek Elementary Leesburg | 452 | 10.0% | 86.6% |
| Cherry Run Elementary Burke | 481 | 7.9% | 87.3% |
| Nuckols Farm Elementary Richmond | 627 | 10.8% | 89.7% |
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 J.W. Alvey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.3% | #70 of 1,101 | #4 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #70 of 1,111 ▲ 68 | #4 of 64 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #82 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #4 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #520 of 1,176 | #46 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #971 of 1,105 | #46 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #527 of 1,106 | #45 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #1,122 of 1,157 | #64 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #105 of 759 | #8 of 45 |
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
523
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 523 | 31.8 | 16.4:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 34.7 | 16.4:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 33.3 | 18.0:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 30 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 37.8 | 18.2:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 36 | 21.5:1 | 6% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.W. Alvey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (689 to 523); teachers down 16% (37.8 to 31.8).
About J.W. Alvey Elementary
J.W. Alvey Elementary is an elementary school in Haymarket, Virginia, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 523 students in pre-K through 5.
Prince William County Public Schools has 95 schools; together they serve 90,242 students.
The share of White students at J.W. Alvey Elementary is 58%, a majority. The remaining students are 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. Census figures show Prince William County is about 43% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The school has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. In all, 10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 55% average for public schools in Prince William County is 45 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, J.W. Alvey Elementary lands at A, ahead of 86% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, J.W. Alvey Elementary would be expected to post about 85.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.3%.
In the surrounding county, Prince William County, median household income comes to about $131,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 102, with about 89,591 students.
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle sits about 0.5 miles from J.W. Alvey Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. J.W. Alvey Elementary places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 499 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 523 by 2024-25.
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Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Haymarket
- Battlefield HighHigh · 2,063 students
- Ronald Wilson Reagan MiddleMiddle · 1,436 students
- Haymarket ElementaryElementary · 963 students
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. ElementaryElementary · 813 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle0.5 mi · 1,436
- Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary1.2 mi · 813
- Battlefield High1.3 mi · 2,063
- Mountain View Elementary1.5 mi · 418
- Haymarket Elementary2.5 mi · 963
- Bull Run Middle3.0 mi · 1,129
Frequently asked questions
About J.W. Alvey ElementaryHow many students attend J.W. Alvey Elementary?
J.W. Alvey Elementary enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J.W. Alvey Elementary serve?
J.W. Alvey Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at J.W. Alvey Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at J.W. Alvey Elementary.
How diverse is J.W. Alvey Elementary?
J.W. Alvey Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees J.W. Alvey Elementary?
J.W. Alvey Elementary is overseen by Prince William County Public Schools in Prince William County.
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