Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATHEWS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510243001388
Mathews Elementary
347 Church Street, Mathews, VA 23109 · (804) 725-2580 · Mathews County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+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
10.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
211 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (56).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 Mathews County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
81.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Mathews Elementary
Mathews Elementary's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathews Elementary this school | 281 | 75.1% | 78.0% |
| Elkton Elementary Elkton | 269 | 73.6% | 47.4% |
| A.S. Rhodes Elementary Front Royal | 265 | 74.3% | 81.3% |
| Berkeley Elementary Spotsylvania | 275 | 77.5% | 67.5% |
| Waverly Yowell Elementary Madison | 334 | 70.4% | 57.1% |
| Nathanael Greene Elementary Stanardsville | 326 | 69.0% | 58.1% |
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 Mathews Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #365 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #374 of 1,111 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #307 of 1,111 ▲ 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #1,001 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #63 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #905 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #578 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #111 of 759 |
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
281
-52 (-16%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 281 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 75% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 76% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 29 | 11.0:1 | 68% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 28 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 42% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 47% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 42% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 26% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mathews Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (369 to 281); teachers down 16% (31 to 26).
About Mathews Elementary
A small elementary school in Mathews, Virginia, Mathews Elementary is part of Mathews County Public Schools. It reported 281 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Mathews Elementary belongs to Mathews County Public Schools, a district of 3 schools and 790 students.
The student body at Mathews Elementary is 77% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 6% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 75% of the student body. The average for public schools in Mathews County is similar, at 74%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Mathews Elementary outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Mathews Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.0% and a predicted 67.7%.
The school is in Mathews County, where the median household earns about $75,880 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Mathews Elementary shares Mathews County with 2 other public schools.
The closest school to Mathews Elementary is Thomas Hunter Middle, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Mathews Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Mathews Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 78.0% against a local average of 73.5%.
In the federal locale system, Mathews Elementary is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 52 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.9 to 10.8 over 4 years.
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Mathews County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,540
Census ACS
Median income
$75,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mathews County Public Schools
- Mathews HighHigh · 333 students
- Thomas Hunter MiddleMiddle · 176 students
Other schools in Mathews
- Mathews HighHigh · 333 students
- Thomas Hunter MiddleMiddle · 176 students
Other Mathews Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mathews Elementary. Mathews Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Mathews Elementary SchoolMidland, GA · 702 students
- Mathews ElementaryGreenwood, SC · 529 students
- Mathews Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 460 students
- MATHEWS ELEM.NIXA, MO · 457 students
- Mathews Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Hunter Middle0.1 mi · 176
- Mathews High1.1 mi · 333
- Botetourt Elementary11.4 mi · 505
- Gloucester High11.4 mi · 1,547
- Page Middle11.7 mi · 573
- Achilles Elementary12.5 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Mathews ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mathews Elementary?
Mathews Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Mathews Elementary serve?
Mathews Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mathews Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mathews Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mathews Elementary?
Student demographics at Mathews Elementary are roughly 77% White, 6% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Mathews Elementary public or private?
Mathews Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mathews County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.