Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510252001025
Margaret Beeks Elementary
709 Airport Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060 · (540) 951-5700 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
138 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Margaret Beeks Elementary
Margaret Beeks Elementary's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret Beeks Elementary this school | 346 | 39.9% | 82.5% |
| Clearbrook Elementary Roanoke | 320 | 40.0% | 84.9% |
| Washington-Henry Elementary Mechanicsville | 386 | 35.8% | 76.8% |
| Oak Grove Elementary Roanoke | 400 | 46.3% | 85.9% |
| South Salem Elementary Salem | 371 | 40.2% | 83.1% |
| Dare Elementary Yorktown | 399 | 37.8% | 82.9% |
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 Margaret Beeks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #239 of 1,101 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #256 of 1,111 ▲ 29 | #4 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #106 of 1,111 ▲ 323 | #2 of 10 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #917 of 1,176 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #406 of 1,105 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #708 of 1,106 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #853 of 1,157 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #136 of 759 | #2 of 10 |
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
346
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 40% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 27 | 11.6:1 | 36% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 28.8 | 11.9:1 | 36% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 30 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 30.2 | 14.7:1 | 30% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 30% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 32% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 39% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 33 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret Beeks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (444 to 346); teachers down 14% (30.2 to 26).
About Margaret Beeks Elementary
Margaret Beeks Elementary is a small elementary school in Montgomery County Public Schools, located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school serves 346 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 31% smaller than that.
Montgomery County Public Schools has 9,461 students in 19 schools, and Margaret Beeks Elementary is one of those schools.
Margaret Beeks Elementary's enrollment is 66% White. Next come 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 82% White among all Montgomery County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Margaret Beeks Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.3:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Margaret Beeks Elementary is 40%.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Margaret Beeks Elementary's results are 5.3 points above predicted: 82.5% against 77.2%.
Margaret Beeks Elementary is located in Montgomery County, where median household income is about $72,715, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Margaret Beeks Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Montgomery County, which together enroll about 9,461 students.
The school nearest to Margaret Beeks Elementary is Harding Avenue Elementary, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. Within five miles of Margaret Beeks Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 81.8%; Margaret Beeks Elementary's is 82.5%, ranking 6th of 9.
Federal data place Margaret Beeks Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 382 in 2020-21 and 346 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Margaret Beeks Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,101
Census ACS
Median income
$72,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Christiansburg HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Christiansburg MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Auburn ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Falling Branch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Blacksburg
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Prices Fork ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Kipps ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Gilbert Linkous ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Harding Avenue ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Avenue Elementary1.4 mi · 279
- Gilbert Linkous Elementary1.9 mi · 292
- Kipps Elementary2.8 mi · 358
- Blacksburg High3.0 mi · 1,325
- Blacksburg Middle3.0 mi · 958
- Prices Fork Elementary4.5 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret Beeks ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Margaret Beeks Elementary?
Margaret Beeks Elementary enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
Is Margaret Beeks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Margaret Beeks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Margaret Beeks Elementary have?
Margaret Beeks Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Margaret Beeks Elementary?
Student demographics at Margaret Beeks Elementary are roughly 66% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Margaret Beeks Elementary public or private?
Margaret Beeks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.