Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510333001461
Mason's Cove Elementary
3370 Bradshaw Rd, Salem, VA 24153 · (540) 387-6530 · Roanoke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
142 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 12 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
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 84 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 1 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% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Mason's Cove Elementary
Mason's Cove Elementary's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason's Cove Elementary this school | 204 | 69.6% | 77.4% |
| Springfield Elementary Rileyville | 208 | 75.5% | 82.3% |
| Fulks Run Elementary Fulks Run | 198 | 76.3% | 57.3% |
| Ottobine Elementary Dayton | 248 | 74.2% | 72.3% |
| Valley Institute Elementary Bristol | 250 | 75.6% | 80.9% |
| Buchanan Elementary Buchanan | 276 | 69.9% | 80.3% |
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 Mason's Cove Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #385 of 1,101 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #293 of 1,111 ▲ 253 | #10 of 16 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #288 of 1,111 ▲ 206 | #10 of 16 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #1,102 of 1,176 | #16 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #15 of 1,105 | #1 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #1,030 of 1,106 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #691 of 1,157 | #6 of 16 |
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
204
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 204 | 21.5 | 9.5:1 | 70% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 19.5 | 10.8:1 | 68% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 19.5 | 10.9:1 | 68% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 16 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 15.5 | 11.8:1 | 42% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 34% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 212 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 45% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 21% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 24 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mason's Cove Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (183 to 204); teachers up 38% (15.5 to 21.5).
About Mason's Cove Elementary
Salem, Virginia, is home to Mason's Cove Elementary, a small elementary school. Its 204 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 59% smaller than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
District-wide, Roanoke County Public Schools has 26 schools and 13,735 students.
Most students at Mason's Cove Elementary are White: 88% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Mason's Cove Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
The school reported 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 9.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Roanoke County.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Mason's Cove Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mason's Cove Elementary is +8.2 points: 77.4% actual, 69.2% predicted.
Across Roanoke County, median household income is about $83,709, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Roanoke County number 26 and enroll about 13,154.
The shortest distance from Mason's Cove Elementary to another public school is about 3.8 miles, to Glen Cove Elementary. The five-mile area around Mason's Cove Elementary holds 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 77.8%, higher than Mason's Cove Elementary's 77.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Mason's Cove Elementary had 212 students in 2020-21 and 204 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 9.5:1.
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Roanoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,023
Census ACS
Median income
$83,709
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,154 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke County Public Schools
- William Byrd HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- William Byrd MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Other schools in Salem
- Salem HighHigh · 1,202 students
- Andrew Lewis MiddleMiddle · 839 students
- Glenvar HighHigh · 620 students
- Glenvar MiddleMiddle · 433 students
- Virginia Virtual Academy at SalemCombined · 415 students
- G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Cove Elementary3.8 mi · 425
- Northside Middle4.1 mi · 648
- Northside High4.3 mi · 919
- West Salem Elementary4.8 mi · 375
- Salem High4.9 mi · 1,202
- Virginia Virtual Academy at Salem5.4 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Mason's Cove ElementaryHow large is Mason's Cove Elementary?
Mason's Cove Elementary enrolls approximately 204 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mason's Cove Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mason's Cove Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mason's Cove Elementary have?
Mason's Cove Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Mason's Cove Elementary?
Student demographics at Mason's Cove Elementary are roughly 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mason's Cove Elementary in?
Mason's Cove Elementary is part of Roanoke County Public Schools.
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