Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510360002313
Nottoway Elementary
13093 Ivor Rd., Sedley, VA 23878 · (757) 859-6539 · Southampton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-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
15.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
215 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
48%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Southampton County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -7.0pp 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 76 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 83.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Nottoway Elementary
Nottoway Elementary's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottoway Elementary this school | 235 | 91.5% | 82.4% |
| John L. Hurt Elementary Hurt | 257 | 87.5% | 87.3% |
| Chatham Elementary Chatham | 236 | 86.0% | 72.9% |
| Brosville Elementary Danville | 219 | 88.6% | 67.9% |
| Phenix Elementary Phenix | 226 | 90.7% | 78.9% |
| Clays Mill Elementary Scottsburg | 236 | 100.0% | 76.8% |
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 Nottoway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #245 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #519 of 1,111 ▼ 135 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #291 of 1,111 ▲ 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #1,068 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #766 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #805 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #304 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.4% | #87 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
235
-37 (-14%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 235 | 15.7 | 15.0:1 | 91% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 21.6 | 11.5:1 | 84% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 16.3 | 15.3:1 | 79% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 20 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 18.3 | 17.3:1 | 44% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 40% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 42% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nottoway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (315 to 235); teachers down 14% (18.3 to 15.7).
About Nottoway Elementary
Nottoway Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Sedley, Virginia, administered by Southampton County Public Schools. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 235 students. It has 53% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Southampton County Public Schools includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 2,363 students.
More than half of the students at Nottoway Elementary are White (69%). The next largest groups are 23% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nottoway Elementary scores 48%.
Nottoway Elementary has 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 91% at Nottoway Elementary. The figure for public schools in Southampton County is close, at 91%.
Nottoway Elementary earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Nottoway Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia are predicted to post 63.2%, so the school is 19.2 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In the surrounding county, Southampton County, median household income comes to about $70,795, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 2,363 students.
About 10.4 miles separate Nottoway Elementary from the closest public school, Riverdale Elementary. On average proficiency, Nottoway Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Nottoway Elementary as Rural: Distant.
The school's student count fell 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher increased from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
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Southampton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,964
Census ACS
Median income
$70,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,363 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southampton County Public Schools
- Southampton HighHigh · 704 students
- Riverdale ElementaryElementary · 533 students
- Southampton MiddleMiddle · 497 students
- Meherrin ElementaryElementary · 218 students
- Capron ElementaryElementary · 176 students
- Fresh Start CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Riverdale Elementary10.4 mi · 533
- Franklin High10.6 mi · 504
- Southampton Middle11.7 mi · 497
- Southampton High11.8 mi · 704
- Joseph P. King Jr. Middle11.9 mi · 155
- Carrsville Elementary12.2 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Nottoway ElementaryHow large is Nottoway Elementary?
Nottoway Elementary enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nottoway Elementary serve?
Nottoway Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nottoway Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nottoway Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nottoway Elementary?
At Nottoway Elementary, the student body is approximately 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Nottoway Elementary?
Nottoway Elementary is overseen by Southampton County Public Schools in Southampton County.
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