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Which teacher or staff member at Preston Park Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510330002217
Preston Park Elementary
3142 Preston Avenue NW, Roanoke, VA 24012 · (540) 853-2996 · Roanoke city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
526 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
59%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
34.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 Preston Park Elementary
Preston Park Elementary's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Park Elementary this school | 535 | 98.3% | 40.5% |
| Mount Vernon Woods Elementary Alexandria | 507 | 97.6% | 48.3% |
| George Carr Round Elementary Manassas | 512 | 88.9% | 61.3% |
| Rolling Ridge Elementary Sterling | 562 | 99.5% | 60.1% |
| Forest Grove Elementary Sterling | 529 | 99.4% | 59.5% |
| Baldwin Elementary Manassas | 631 | 86.7% | 56.3% |
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 Preston Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,062 of 1,101 | #15 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,081 of 1,111 ▼ 45 | #17 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,108 of 1,111 ▼ 6 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #494 of 1,176 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #645 of 1,105 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #580 of 1,106 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #208 of 1,157 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #309 of 324 | #7 of 7 |
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
535
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+217% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 535 | 37.3 | 14.3:1 | 98% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 34.5 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 30.5 | 17.4:1 | 99% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 99% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 69% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 77% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 12 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Preston Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (531 to 535); teachers up 22% (30.5 to 37.3).
About Preston Park Elementary
Families in Roanoke, Virginia, are served by Preston Park Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 535 students across kindergarten through 5.
Within Roanoke City Public Schools, Preston Park Elementary is one of 24 schools. The district enrolls 13,811 students.
By race and ethnicity, Preston Park Elementary is 60% Hispanic. It is also 14% Black, 14% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Roanoke city is roughly 9% Hispanic. Preston Park Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Preston Park Elementary is 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 98%.
The allk12 Grade for Preston Park Elementary is F. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Preston Park Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.5% is 20.8 points below the 61.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Roanoke city, median household income is about $55,378, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The public schools of Roanoke city number 30 and enroll about 14,392.
The nearest other public school, Breckinridge Middle, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Preston Park Elementary. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Preston Park Elementary is 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Preston Park Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 535, close to the 534 recorded in 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 19.1 in 2020-21 to 14.3 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Preston Park Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Roanoke city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,355
Census ACS
Median income
$55,378
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
14,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke City Public Schools
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 2,030 students
- William Fleming HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Breckinridge MiddleMiddle · 733 students
- Round Hill ElementaryElementary · 720 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Woodrow Wilson MiddleMiddle · 601 students
Other schools in Roanoke
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 2,030 students
- William Fleming HighHigh · 1,957 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Nearby schools
- Breckinridge Middle0.2 mi · 733
- Monterey Elementary0.8 mi · 508
- Round Hill Elementary1.1 mi · 720
- Mountain View Elementary1.6 mi · 377
- Lincoln Terrace Elementary1.7 mi · 287
- Roanoke Academy For Mathematics & Science Elementary1.7 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Preston Park ElementaryHow large is Preston Park Elementary?
Preston Park Elementary enrolls approximately 535 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Preston Park Elementary serve?
Preston Park Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Preston Park Elementary have?
Preston Park Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Preston Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Preston Park Elementary are roughly 14% White, 60% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Preston Park Elementary?
Preston Park Elementary is overseen by Roanoke City Public Schools in Roanoke city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.