Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510111000395
Park Avenue Elementary
661 Park Ave, Danville, VA 24541 · (434) 799-6452 · Danville city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest 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
12.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
343 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
60.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 15 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% 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 Park Avenue Elementary
Park Avenue Elementary's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Avenue Elementary this school | 361 | 95.0% | 46.3% |
| Westover Hills Elementary Richmond | 375 | 99.2% | 43.5% |
| Albert Harris Elementary Martinsville | 399 | 99.7% | 57.4% |
| David A. Dutrow Elementary Newport News | 341 | 99.7% | 61.6% |
| Sandusky Elementary Lynchburg | 316 | 93.4% | 61.1% |
| Chamberlayne Elementary Richmond | 389 | 89.2% | 68.0% |
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 Park Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Danville city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,019 of 1,101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #957 of 1,111 ▲ 44 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #844 of 1,111 ▲ 155 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #892 of 1,176 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #176 of 1,105 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #561 of 1,106 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #247 of 1,157 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #179 of 759 | 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
361
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 361 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 95% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 25.5 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 98% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 31 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 98% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 95% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 77% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 58% (286) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (451 to 361); teachers up 11% (27 to 30).
About Park Avenue Elementary
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Park Avenue Elementary serves students in Danville, Virginia. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 361 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Danville City Public Schools includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 5,564 students.
Federal enrollment data show Park Avenue Elementary is 58% Black. Next come 19% Hispanic, 17% White, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Its staff includes 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 1.8 students per teacher. Roughly 95% of students at Park Avenue Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Danville city is similar, at 96%.
On the allk12 Grade, Park Avenue Elementary lands at D, ahead of 8% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 46.3%, is 16.0 points below the 62.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
For the population of Danville city, median household income comes to about $44,423, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Danville city's 20 public schools enroll about 5,564 students and include Park Avenue Elementary.
Park Avenue Elementary is about 1.0 miles from Schoolfield Elementary, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Park Avenue Elementary at 6th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 393 to 361, an 8% decrease.
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Danville city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,214
Census ACS
Median income
$44,423
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,564 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville City Public Schools
- George Washington HighHigh · 1,248 students
- Westwood MiddleMiddle · 642 students
- G.L.H. Johnson ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Schoolfield ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- O. Trent Bonner MiddleMiddle · 501 students
- Edwin A. Gibson ElementaryElementary · 466 students
Other schools in Danville
- George Washington HighHigh · 1,248 students
- Westwood MiddleMiddle · 642 students
- Twin Springs ElementaryElementary · 618 students
- G.L.H. Johnson ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Schoolfield ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- O. Trent Bonner MiddleMiddle · 501 students
Other Park Avenue Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Park Avenue Elementary. Park Avenue Elementary is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Park Avenue ElementaryWebster, MA · 738 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUTTGART, AR · 641 students
- Park Avenue ElementaryYuba City, CA · 541 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolMount Gilead, OH · 475 students
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolFreehold, NJ · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Schoolfield Elementary1.0 mi · 516
- Forest Hills Elementary1.4 mi · 200
- George Washington High1.5 mi · 1,248
- O. Trent Bonner Middle1.9 mi · 501
- Westwood Middle2.0 mi · 642
- Grove Park Preschool2.2 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Park Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Park Avenue Elementary?
Park Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Park Avenue Elementary serve?
Park Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Park Avenue Elementary have?
Park Avenue Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Park Avenue Elementary?
At Park Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 19% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Park Avenue Elementary public or private?
Park Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Danville City Public Schools.
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