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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510144000641
Lee M. Waid Elementary
540 E Court Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151 · (540) 483-5736 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
330 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 48 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Franklin County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 85.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 M. Waid Elementary
Lee M. Waid Elementary's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee M. Waid Elementary this school | 386 | 85.5% | 83.5% |
| Bessie Weller Elementary Staunton | 373 | 83.1% | 75.7% |
| Arthur R. Ware Elementary Staunton | 372 | 83.3% | 76.8% |
| G.W. Carver Elementary Salem | 404 | 88.4% | 81.4% |
| King's Grant Elementary Virginia Beach | 475 | 83.2% | 73.9% |
| Tye River Elementary Arrington | 360 | 85.3% | 70.5% |
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 M. Waid Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #214 of 1,101 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #86 of 1,111 ▲ 93 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #270 of 1,111 ▲ 46 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #844 of 1,176 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #53 of 1,105 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #428 of 1,106 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #423 of 1,157 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #315 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
386
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 386 | 36.2 | 10.7:1 | 85% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 33.7 | 12.0:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 74% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 28.5 | 13.5:1 | 83% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 64% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 65% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 55% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee M. Waid Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (384 to 386); teachers up 27% (28.5 to 36.2).
About Lee M. Waid Elementary
Lee M. Waid Elementary is an elementary school in Rocky Mount, Virginia, reachable at (540) 483-5736. The school's enrollment of 386 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 23% lower than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
Franklin County Public Schools is the district for Lee M. Waid Elementary. It has 14 schools and 6,540 students.
Lee M. Waid Elementary's enrollment is 53% White. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 15% Black, and 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Franklin County residents are about 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lee M. Waid Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Federal data list 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lee M. Waid Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.7:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The lunch program counts 85% of students at Lee M. Waid Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 86% average for public schools in Franklin County.
allk12 grades Lee M. Waid Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Lee M. Waid Elementary are 18.7 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.5%, compared with a predicted 64.8%, which ranks in the top 10% in Virginia.
Lee M. Waid Elementary is located in Franklin County, where median household income is about $68,849, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Lee M. Waid Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Franklin County, which together enroll about 6,540 students.
The nearest other public school, Franklin County High, is about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lee M. Waid Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 388 to 386. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.9 to 10.7 over 4 years.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
55,130
Census ACS
Median income
$68,849
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,540 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Public Schools
- Franklin County HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Benjamin Franklin MiddleMiddle · 1,382 students
- Windy Gap ElementaryElementary · 391 students
- Dudley ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Rocky Mount ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Boones Mill ElementaryElementary · 290 students
Other schools in Rocky Mount
- Franklin County HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Benjamin Franklin MiddleMiddle · 1,382 students
- Rocky Mount ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Sontag ElementaryElementary · 248 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin County High0.6 mi · 1,880
- Benjamin Franklin Middle1.5 mi · 1,382
- Rocky Mount Elementary1.8 mi · 296
- Sontag Elementary5.2 mi · 248
- Boones Mill Elementary7.1 mi · 290
- Glade Hill Elementary7.2 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Lee M. Waid ElementaryHow many students attend Lee M. Waid Elementary?
Lee M. Waid Elementary enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lee M. Waid Elementary serve?
Lee M. Waid Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lee M. Waid Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lee M. Waid Elementary is approximately 10.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lee M. Waid Elementary?
Student demographics at Lee M. Waid Elementary are roughly 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Lee M. Waid Elementary?
Lee M. Waid Elementary is overseen by Franklin County Public Schools in Franklin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.