Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339001503
McGaheysville Elementary
9508 Spotswood Trail, McGaheysville, VA 22840 · (540) 289-3004 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
107 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
38%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
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 77% 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 McGaheysville Elementary
McGaheysville Elementary's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGaheysville Elementary this school | 262 | 40.8% | 62.0% |
| Boyce Elementary Boyce | 281 | 34.5% | 69.3% |
| Byrd Elementary Goochland | 281 | 38.1% | 73.4% |
| Beaverdam Elementary Beaverdam | 339 | 43.4% | 75.9% |
| Troutville Elementary Troutville | 247 | 33.2% | 83.6% |
| Cloverdale Elementary Cloverdale | 234 | 32.9% | 83.6% |
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 McGaheysville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #794 of 1,101 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #769 of 1,111 ▲ 103 | #6 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #900 of 1,111 ▲ 39 | #7 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #1,029 of 1,176 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #722 of 1,105 | #9 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #919 of 1,106 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #848 of 1,157 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #318 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
262
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 262 | 17.8 | 14.7:1 | 41% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 19.3 | 12.6:1 | 44% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 18.3 | 13.6:1 | 45% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 18.5 | 14.1:1 | 39% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 34% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 32% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 25% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McGaheysville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (261 to 262); teachers down 4% (18.5 to 17.8).
About McGaheysville Elementary
McGaheysville Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in McGaheysville, Virginia, (ZIP code 22840). It educates 262 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Federal data list 23 schools in Rockingham County Public Schools, with 11,679 students enrolled.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at McGaheysville Elementary. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Rockingham County is roughly 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at McGaheysville Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 at McGaheysville Elementary, with 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 41%. On average, public schools in Rockingham County report 54%.
McGaheysville Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
McGaheysville Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 15.0 points (62.0% versus 77.0%), a bottom-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
Across Rockingham County, median household income is about $80,693, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Rockingham County number 22 and enroll about 11,397.
Spotswood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Local comparison: McGaheysville Elementary ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 62.0% versus a 64.8% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
McGaheysville Elementary saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The McGaheysville Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Spotswood High1.5 mi · 880
- Cub Run Elementary2.0 mi · 614
- Montevideo Middle2.1 mi · 593
- Peak View Elementary3.5 mi · 538
- River Bend Elementary4.7 mi · 341
- East Rockingham High4.8 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About McGaheysville ElementaryHow large is McGaheysville Elementary?
McGaheysville Elementary enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-05.
Is McGaheysville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McGaheysville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at McGaheysville Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at McGaheysville Elementary.
How diverse is McGaheysville Elementary?
McGaheysville Elementary reports a student body of 77% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees McGaheysville Elementary?
McGaheysville Elementary is overseen by Rockingham County Public Schools in Rockingham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.