Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339002163
Lacey Spring Elementary
8621 North Valley Pike, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 · (540) 433-7819 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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
15.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
256 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Lacey Spring Elementary
Lacey Spring Elementary's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Spring Elementary this school | 350 | 73.1% | 55.0% |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary Harrisonburg | 282 | 74.8% | 59.0% |
| Stonewall Elementary Clear Brook | 391 | 77.2% | 57.7% |
| Apple Pie Ridge Elementary Winchester | 393 | 65.4% | 54.1% |
| Elmont Elementary Ashland | 383 | 68.7% | 72.4% |
| Mountain View Elementary Harrisonburg | 411 | 63.7% | 52.1% |
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 Lacey Spring Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #916 of 1,101 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,007 of 1,111 ▼ 83 | #13 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #959 of 1,111 ▲ 27 | #11 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #913 of 1,176 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #797 of 1,105 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #674 of 1,106 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #612 of 1,157 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +49.6% | #11 of 324 | N/A |
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
350
+130 (+59%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 350 | 23.2 | 15.1:1 | 73% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 18 | 12.5:1 | 74% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 54% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 220 | 19 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 49% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 44% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 45% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 44% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lacey Spring Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 50% (234 to 350); teachers up 36% (17 to 23.2).
About Lacey Spring Elementary
Lacey Spring Elementary serves students in Harrisonburg, Virginia, as a small elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 350 students. On average, elementary schools in Virginia enroll around 499, and this school is 30% below that mark.
Rockingham County Public Schools counts 23 schools and 11,679 students, including Lacey Spring Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Lacey Spring Elementary is 58% White. The remaining shares are 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Rockingham County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Lacey Spring Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Income data for the school show 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Rockingham County.
Lacey Spring Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 68.2% at Lacey Spring Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.0%.
In Rockingham County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $80,693 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Rockingham County number 22, with about 11,397 students.
Linville-Edom Elementary is the nearest public school to Lacey Spring Elementary, about 4.4 miles away. Within five miles of Lacey Spring Elementary, there are 2 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.0% is below the 63.0% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Lacey Spring Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Federal records list enrollment at Lacey Spring Elementary as 220 in 2020-21 and 350 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 11.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
Lacey Spring Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Other schools in Harrisonburg
- Rocktown HighHigh · 1,011 students
- Harrisonburg HighHigh · 998 students
- Thomas Harrison MiddleMiddle · 771 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 738 students
- Bluestone ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Waterman ElementaryElementary · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Linville-Edom Elementary4.4 mi · 209
- Broadway High4.6 mi · 932
- John C. Myers Elementary5.3 mi · 473
- J. Frank Hillyard Middle5.5 mi · 726
- Plains Elementary6.0 mi · 460
- Smithland Elementary7.8 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Lacey Spring ElementaryHow many students attend Lacey Spring Elementary?
Lacey Spring Elementary enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lacey Spring Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lacey Spring Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lacey Spring Elementary have?
Lacey Spring Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Lacey Spring Elementary?
Student demographics at Lacey Spring Elementary are roughly 58% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lacey Spring Elementary public or private?
Lacey Spring Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockingham County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.