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King George Elementary
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About King George Elementary
King George Elementary operates as a moderately sized primary school in King George, Virginia, overseen by King George County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 683 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 499.
Across the 5 schools in King George County Public Schools (4,591 students total), King George Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, King George Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 15% Black, 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, King George Elementary has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, King George County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), King George Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.0%, the actual is 68.3%, a residual of -1.8 points.
Around the school, census data for King George County shows median household income runs about $116,884, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King George County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students), King George Elementary is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is King George High, roughly 2.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), King George Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.3%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at King George Elementary has edged down 31%, going from 983 students in 2018 to 683 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 60% across the same window.
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King George County at a glance
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