Lawson-Marriott Elementary

Lawson-Marriott Elementary is a K-5 school of very small scale in St Stephens Church, Virginia, one of the schools within King and Queen County Public Schools, works with 178 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 64% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

King and Queen County Public Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 611 students. Lawson-Marriott Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Lawson-Marriott Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 102% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lawson-Marriott Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.3%; this one comes in at 44.5%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King and Queen County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,469, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across King and Queen County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 611 students), Lawson-Marriott Elementary is one campus in the mix.

King William High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lawson-Marriott Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lawson-Marriott Elementary's enrollment has decreased 44% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 178). White enrollment moved from 46% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Lawson-Marriott Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.