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Enrollment
680
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364001589
Lee Hill Elementary
3600 Lee Hill School Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22408 · (540) 898-1433 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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.
- CBeats 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
16.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
449 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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%.
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 Lee Hill Elementary
Lee Hill Elementary's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Hill Elementary this school | 680 | 66.0% | 65.6% |
| Cedar Forest Elementary Fredericksburg | 789 | 65.1% | 67.1% |
| Smith Station Elementary Fredericksburg | 715 | 72.6% | 69.6% |
| Freedom Middle Fredericksburg | 763 | 65.1% | 72.3% |
| Courthouse Road Elementary Spotsylvania | 762 | 73.2% | 66.3% |
| Mountain View Elementary Charlottesville | 769 | 64.6% | 60.3% |
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 Lee Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #714 of 1,101 | #12 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #796 of 1,111 ▼ 152 | #13 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #717 of 1,111 ▼ 22 | #7 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 680 | #219 of 1,176 | #8 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #991 of 1,105 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #66 of 1,106 | #3 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.0% | #740 of 1,157 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #277 of 324 | #9 of 9 |
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
680
+88 (+15%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 680 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 37 | 18.5:1 | 70% (475) |
| 2022-23 | 659 | 40.5 | 16.3:1 | 65% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 39 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 38 | 17.5:1 | 47% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 34 | 19.0:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 19% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 41 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (666 to 680); teachers up 8% (38 to 41).
About Lee Hill Elementary
Students in Fredericksburg, Virginia, attend Lee Hill Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 680 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
The district for Lee Hill Elementary is Spotsylvania County Public Schools, with 29 schools and 24,036 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Lee Hill Elementary is White, with 32% of students. Next come 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 63% White. The diversity index for Lee Hill Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Lee Hill Elementary has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Lee Hill Elementary outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.1% for Lee Hill Elementary. The school posts 65.6%, 4.5 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Spotsylvania County, the median household earns about $112,738 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Spotsylvania County has 34 public schools with about 24,036 students, including Lee Hill Elementary.
About 1.0 miles separate Lee Hill Elementary from the closest public school, Cedar Forest Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Lee Hill Elementary's average proficiency of 65.6% compares with 62.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 592 (2020-21) to 680 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.6:1, from 15.2:1.
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Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Forest Elementary1.0 mi · 789
- Spotswood Elementary2.4 mi · 526
- Lafayette Elementary3.7 mi · 812
- Massaponax High4.2 mi · 1,692
- Parkside Elementary4.3 mi · 946
- Walker-Grant Early Childhood Center4.6 mi · 149
Frequently asked questions
About Lee Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lee Hill Elementary?
Lee Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 680 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lee Hill Elementary serve?
Lee Hill Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lee Hill Elementary is approximately 16.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lee Hill Elementary?
At Lee Hill Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Lee Hill Elementary in?
Lee Hill Elementary is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.