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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kate Waller Barrett Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
838
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002320
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary
150 Duffey Dr., Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-6464 · Stafford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- B+Beats 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
14.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
739 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
73%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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Kate Waller Barrett Elementary
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Waller Barrett Elementary this school | 838 | 88.2% | 69.4% |
| Elizabeth Holladay Elementary Richmond | 859 | 89.9% | 50.7% |
| Anne E. Moncure Elementary Stafford | 852 | 94.4% | 57.6% |
| Riverside Elementary Alexandria | 741 | 80.3% | 71.8% |
| Elizabeth Scott Elementary Chester | 729 | 77.2% | 73.9% |
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary Alexandria | 589 | 89.1% | 49.9% |
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 Kate Waller Barrett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #611 of 1,101 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #844 of 1,111 ▼ 116 | #14 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #780 of 1,111 ▼ 136 | #13 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #61 of 1,176 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #667 of 1,105 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #119 of 1,106 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #375 of 1,157 | #3 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #266 of 324 | #11 of 11 |
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
838
+67 (+9%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 838 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 88% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 54.5 | 14.4:1 | 76% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 774 | 52.5 | 14.7:1 | 77% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 771 | 41 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 40 | 20.4:1 | 46% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 41 | 19.3:1 | 52% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 40 | 19.0:1 | 44% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kate Waller Barrett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (816 to 838); teachers up 45% (40 to 58).
About Kate Waller Barrett Elementary
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Stafford, Virginia. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 838 students. That is 68% above the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Stafford County Public Schools has a total of 32 schools and 31,812 students, Kate Waller Barrett Elementary among them.
The largest group at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary is Hispanic students, at 38%. Other students are 29% Black, 19% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is higher than the 17% Hispanic share among all Stafford County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Staffing at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary comes to 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Virginia is similar, at 13.8:1. Kate Waller Barrett Elementary counts 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 45% average among public schools in Stafford County.
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Virginia public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kate Waller Barrett Elementary is 5.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 69.4%. Predicted: 64.1%.
The school's county is Stafford County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $137,807, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stafford County's 41 public schools enroll about 31,812 students and include Kate Waller Barrett Elementary.
Anne E. Moncure Elementary is about 1.1 miles from Kate Waller Barrett Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Kate Waller Barrett Elementary ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Kate Waller Barrett Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 771 to 838. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.4:1, from 18.8:1.
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Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Nearby schools
- Anne E. Moncure Elementary1.1 mi · 852
- Park Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 908
- North Stafford High1.6 mi · 1,982
- Hampton Oaks Elementary2.0 mi · 887
- North Star Early Childhood Education Center2.0 mi · 264
- H.H. Poole Middle2.1 mi · 995
Frequently asked questions
About Kate Waller Barrett ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary?
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary enrolls approximately 838 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kate Waller Barrett Elementary serve?
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary?
Student demographics at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary are roughly 19% White, 38% Hispanic, 29% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Kate Waller Barrett Elementary in?
Kate Waller Barrett Elementary is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.