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What's one thing Nottingham Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510027000102
Nottingham Elementary
5900 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207 · (703) 228-5290 · Arlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
18 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
97.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
98.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 97 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
94.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
86.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Nottingham Elementary
Nottingham Elementary's state test result (94.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Elementary this school | 382 | 4.7% | 94.3% |
| Tuckahoe Elementary Arlington | 448 | 3.1% | 95.4% |
| Jamestown Elementary Arlington | 456 | 2.9% | 92.6% |
| Discovery Elementary Arlington | 489 | 4.3% | 90.0% |
| Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary Hamilton | 417 | 10.1% | 84.8% |
| Vienna Elementary Vienna | 357 | 7.3% | 87.8% |
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 Nottingham Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Arlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.3% | #10 of 1,101 | #2 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #4 of 1,111 ▲ 33 | #1 of 25 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #4 of 1,111 ▲ 14 | #1 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #852 of 1,176 | #25 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #727 of 1,105 | #22 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #753 of 1,106 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.7% | #1,144 of 1,157 | #22 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #72 of 759 | #4 of 19 |
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
382
-43 (-10%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 382 | 25.9 | 14.8:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 26.7 | 14.0:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 32.3 | 12.7:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 30.1 | 17.4:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 6% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nottingham Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (523 to 382); teachers down 14% (30.1 to 25.9).
About Nottingham Elementary
Nottingham Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Arlington, Virginia. It had 382 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Across its 36 schools, Arlington County Public Schools enrolls 27,950 students. Nottingham Elementary is one of those schools.
The student body at Nottingham Elementary is 68% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nottingham Elementary is 14.8:1, based on 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Arlington County report 31%.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 86.8%. Nottingham Elementary scores 94.3%.
The school is in Arlington County, where the median household earns about $142,114 a year, about 77% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Nottingham Elementary shares Arlington County with 41 other public schools.
Nottingham Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Yorktown High, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Nottingham Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 94.3% is above the 92.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Nottingham Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 43 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Nottingham Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Arlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
236,254
Census ACS
Median income
$142,114
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
77%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,950 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arlington County Public Schools
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other schools in Arlington
- Washington-Liberty HighHigh · 3,044 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,646 students
- Yorktown HighHigh · 2,593 students
- Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 1,120 students
- Gunston MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Kenmore MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
Other Nottingham Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nottingham Elementary. Nottingham Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Nottingham Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 746 students
- Nottingham Elementary SchoolNottingham, NH · 527 students
Nearby schools
- Yorktown High0.6 mi · 2,593
- Discovery Elementary0.6 mi · 489
- Williamsburg Middle0.6 mi · 856
- Tuckahoe Elementary0.7 mi · 448
- Cardinal Elementary1.1 mi · 682
- Haycock Elementary1.2 mi · 838
Frequently asked questions
About Nottingham ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Nottingham Elementary?
Nottingham Elementary enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nottingham Elementary serve?
Nottingham Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nottingham Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nottingham Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nottingham Elementary?
Student demographics at Nottingham Elementary are roughly 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Nottingham Elementary in?
Nottingham Elementary is part of Arlington County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.