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If you could change one rule at Parkside Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
946
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364002318
Parkside Elementary
5620 Smith Station Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407 · (540) 710-5190 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- C-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
17.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
615 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 178 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 168 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 147 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 160 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (160).
Student demographics
76%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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary this school | 946 | 65.0% | 61.5% |
| Anthony Burns Elementary Stafford | 730 | 66.3% | 60.4% |
| John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary Dumfries | 906 | 74.4% | 86.5% |
| Springwoods Elementary Woodbridge | 842 | 70.3% | 76.9% |
| Rocky Run Elementary Fredericksburg | 911 | 75.2% | 59.4% |
| Cedar Forest Elementary Fredericksburg | 789 | 65.1% | 67.1% |
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 Parkside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #801 of 1,101 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #772 of 1,111 ▼ 46 | #12 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #779 of 1,111 ▼ 8 | #12 of 18 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 946 | #22 of 1,176 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,045 of 1,105 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #24 of 1,106 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #752 of 1,157 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #129 of 324 | #3 of 9 |
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
946
+59 (+7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 946 | 54 | 17.5:1 | 65% (615) |
| 2023-24 | 924 | 43 | 21.5:1 | 51% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 941 | 52 | 18.1:1 | 46% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 47 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 44.3 | 19.4:1 | 36% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 39 | 19.6:1 | 33% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 936 | 46 | 20.4:1 | 25% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (860 to 946); teachers up 22% (44.3 to 54).
About Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary is an elementary school located in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in Spotsylvania County. The school's enrollment of 946 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 90% higher than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
Spotsylvania County Public Schools is the district for Parkside Elementary. It has 29 schools and 24,036 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Parkside Elementary. The largest is White students, at 29%. Smaller groups are 29% Black, 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Spotsylvania County is roughly 63% White. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 54 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.5:1. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%.
Parkside Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Parkside Elementary are 8.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.5% actual, 70.4% predicted).
Spotsylvania County has about 146,603 residents, and the median household income is $112,738, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Parkside Elementary, Spotsylvania County has 33 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Parkside Elementary to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Massaponax High. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Parkside Elementary places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Parkside Elementary's enrollment grew from 887 in 2020-21 to 946 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.5:1) than in 2020-21 (18.9:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Parkside Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary is the largest of the 27.
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 713 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Massaponax High1.6 mi · 1,692
- Courtland Elementary2.4 mi · 548
- Courtland High2.6 mi · 1,497
- Courthouse Road Elementary2.7 mi · 762
- Spotsylvania Middle3.0 mi · 1,009
- Riverview Elementary3.2 mi · 691
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary?
Parkside Elementary enrolls approximately 946 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Parkside Elementary serve?
Parkside Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Parkside Elementary have?
Parkside Elementary employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Parkside Elementary?
Student demographics at Parkside Elementary are roughly 29% White, 23% Hispanic, 29% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Parkside Elementary in?
Parkside Elementary is part of Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.