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If you could change one rule at P.B. Smith Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAUQUIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510132000611
P.B. Smith Elementary
6176 Dumfries Rd, Warrenton, VA 20187 · (540) 422-7670 · Fauquier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
56 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
50%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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 P.B. Smith Elementary
P.B. Smith Elementary's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| P.B. Smith Elementary this school | 440 | 12.7% | 82.0% |
| Emerick Elementary Purcellville | 416 | 12.5% | 90.5% |
| Greenville Elementary Nokesville | 449 | 11.6% | 81.8% |
| Lovettsville Elementary Lovettsville | 510 | 15.9% | 77.6% |
| Kenneth W.Culbert Elementary Hamilton | 417 | 10.1% | 84.8% |
| Butts Road Primary Chesapeake | 498 | 12.7% | N/A |
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 P.B. Smith Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Fauquier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #256 of 1,101 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #220 of 1,111 ▼ 5 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #234 of 1,111 ▲ 29 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #727 of 1,176 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #810 of 1,105 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #762 of 1,106 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #1,092 of 1,157 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.4% | #28 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
440
+76 (+21%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 13% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 13% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 23.6 | 14.4:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 19% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 35 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for P.B. Smith Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (340 to 440); teachers up 23% (23.6 to 29).
About P.B. Smith Elementary
P.B. Smith Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Warrenton, Virginia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 440 students.
Fauquier County Public Schools enrolls 10,861 students in 18 schools, including P.B. Smith Elementary.
White students are 69% of those enrolled at P.B. Smith Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, and 2% Asian. In Fauquier County overall, about 80% of residents are White. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at P.B. Smith Elementary are from different groups.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at P.B. Smith Elementary, giving a ratio of 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 56 students, or 13%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Fauquier County average 33%.
P.B. Smith Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Virginia public elementary schools.
P.B. Smith Elementary scores 82.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 84.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Fauquier County show that median household income comes to about $130,189, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Fauquier County counts 22 public schools with about 10,861 students.
C.M. Bradley Elementary sits about 2.1 miles from P.B. Smith Elementary. P.B. Smith Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 74.2%, lower than P.B. Smith Elementary's 82.0%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment rose 21% over 4 years, reaching 440 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for P.B. Smith Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fauquier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,577
Census ACS
Median income
$130,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
10,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fauquier County Public Schools
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,313 students
- Kettle Run HighHigh · 1,175 students
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Cedar Lee MiddleMiddle · 861 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
Other schools in Warrenton
- Fauquier HighHigh · 1,156 students
- W.C. Taylor MiddleMiddle · 623 students
- Auburn MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- James G. Brumfield ElementaryElementary · 496 students
- C.M. Bradley ElementaryElementary · 362 students
- Mountain Vista Governor's School for Math Science and TechElementary
Nearby schools
- C.M. Bradley Elementary2.1 mi · 362
- Auburn Middle2.5 mi · 570
- W.C. Taylor Middle2.7 mi · 623
- James G. Brumfield Elementary3.1 mi · 496
- Fauquier High3.1 mi · 1,156
- C. Hunter Ritchie Elementary3.9 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About P.B. Smith ElementaryHow large is P.B. Smith Elementary?
P.B. Smith Elementary enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does P.B. Smith Elementary serve?
P.B. Smith Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does P.B. Smith Elementary have?
P.B. Smith Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at P.B. Smith Elementary?
At P.B. Smith Elementary, the student body is approximately 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is P.B. Smith Elementary public or private?
P.B. Smith Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fauquier County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.