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What advice would you give to incoming students at Margaret M. Pierce Elementary?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510132000612
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary
12074 James Madison St, Remington, VA 22734 · (540) 422-7630 · Fauquier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- FBeats 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
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
242 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
63.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 58.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 76% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 M. Pierce Elementary
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret M. Pierce Elementary this school | 543 | 44.6% | 54.0% |
| Ferry Farm Elementary Fredericksburg | 555 | 44.5% | 72.6% |
| Bass-Hoover Elementary Stephens City | 615 | 45.9% | 57.3% |
| Peak View Elementary Penn Laird | 538 | 44.8% | 76.1% |
| Greenwood Mill Elementary Winchester | 599 | 39.2% | 62.1% |
| Hermitage Elementary Virginia Beach | 552 | 42.8% | 75.9% |
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 M. Pierce Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fauquier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #932 of 1,101 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #830 of 1,111 ▼ 18 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #808 of 1,111 ▼ 48 | #9 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #479 of 1,176 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #974 of 1,105 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #586 of 1,106 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #816 of 1,157 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #214 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
543
+51 (+10%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 45% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 45% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 46% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 34 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 41% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 34% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 36% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 24% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaret M. Pierce Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (519 to 543); teachers up 3% (32 to 33).
About Margaret M. Pierce Elementary
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Remington, Virginia, (ZIP code 22734). Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 543 students.
Fauquier County Public Schools has 18 schools and 10,861 students, and Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Margaret M. Pierce Elementary, 57%, are White. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Fauquier County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, Margaret M. Pierce Elementary comes in at 59%.
Staffing totals 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is 45%. The average for public schools in Fauquier County is 33%.
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 76.0%. Margaret M. Pierce Elementary posts 54.0%, 22.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Fauquier County show that median household income is about $130,189, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 22 public schools operate in Fauquier County, serving about 10,861 students.
The shortest distance from Margaret M. Pierce Elementary to another public school is about 3.3 miles, to Cedar Lee Middle. The five-mile area around Margaret M. Pierce Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Margaret M. Pierce Elementary ranks 9th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 492 in 2020-21 and 543 in 2024-25, a 10% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.5:1 to 16.4:1.
Community posts for Margaret M. Pierce Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fauquier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,577
Census ACS
Median income
$130,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fauquier County Public Schools
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Kettle Run HighHigh · 1,175 students
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Cedar Lee MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Lee Middle3.3 mi · 861
- Grace Miller Elementary4.1 mi · 528
- Liberty High4.1 mi · 1,313
- Mary Walter Elementary6.2 mi · 397
- Eastern View High8.7 mi · 1,529
- Emerald Hill Elementary9.2 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About Margaret M. Pierce ElementaryHow many students attend Margaret M. Pierce Elementary?
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Margaret M. Pierce Elementary serve?
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Margaret M. Pierce Elementary have?
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Margaret M. Pierce Elementary?
Student demographics at Margaret M. Pierce Elementary are roughly 57% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Margaret M. Pierce Elementary public or private?
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fauquier County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.