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What's one thing Plains Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510339001508
Plains Elementary
225 American Legion Dr, Timberville, VA 22853 · (540) 896-8956 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
336 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Plains Elementary
Plains Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plains Elementary this school | 460 | 73.0% | 63.3% |
| Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary Front Royal | 474 | 74.1% | 63.5% |
| Hilda J. Barbour Elementary Front Royal | 453 | 74.6% | 70.5% |
| Indian Hollow Elementary Winchester | 398 | 76.1% | 66.3% |
| E. Wilson Morrison Elementary Front Royal | 458 | 73.8% | 57.9% |
| John C. Myers Elementary Broadway | 473 | 66.4% | 69.6% |
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 Plains Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #756 of 1,101 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #898 of 1,111 ▼ 199 | #9 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #932 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #10 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #677 of 1,176 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #748 of 1,105 | #10 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #902 of 1,106 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #614 of 1,157 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #186 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
460
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 73% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 31.2 | 14.9:1 | 69% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 32.3 | 14.1:1 | 65% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 48% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 52% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 48% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 37% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 39 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plains Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (434 to 460); teachers up 11% (28 to 31).
About Plains Elementary
Plains Elementary is one of the public schools in Timberville, Virginia. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 460 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Rockingham County Public Schools is responsible for 23 schools, Plains Elementary included, with 11,679 students in all.
Plains Elementary is 75% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 86% of Rockingham County residents are White. Plains Elementary's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 31 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.8:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligible students account for 73% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Rockingham County average 54%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Plains Elementary is -5.0 points: 63.3% actual, 68.2% predicted.
Across Rockingham County, the median household income is $80,693, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rockingham County is home to 22 public schools and about 11,397 public school students.
J. Frank Hillyard Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Plains Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Plains Elementary's average proficiency of 63.3% compares with 67.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 460 students in 2024-25, 37 more than the 423 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.9:1 to 14.8:1.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,600
Census ACS
Median income
$80,693
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
11,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockingham County Public Schools
- Turner Ashby HighHigh · 998 students
- Broadway HighHigh · 932 students
- Spotswood HighHigh · 880 students
- East Rockingham HighHigh · 821 students
- J. Frank Hillyard MiddleMiddle · 726 students
- Wilbur S. Pence MiddleMiddle · 671 students
Other Plains Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Plains Elementary. Plains Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Plains ElementarySouth Hadley, MA · 271 students
- Plains Elementary SchoolPlains, MT · 218 students
- Plains Elementary SchoolPLAINS, TX · 201 students
- Plains ElemPlains, KS · 113 students
Nearby schools
- J. Frank Hillyard Middle1.7 mi · 726
- Broadway High1.9 mi · 932
- John C. Myers Elementary2.0 mi · 473
- Lacey Spring Elementary6.0 mi · 350
- Fulks Run Elementary7.2 mi · 198
- Ashby-Lee Elementary7.9 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Plains ElementaryHow many students attend Plains Elementary?
Plains Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-05.
Is Plains Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plains Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Plains Elementary have?
Plains Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plains Elementary?
At Plains Elementary, the student body is approximately 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Plains Elementary in?
Plains Elementary is part of Rockingham County Public Schools.
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