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Does Prices Fork Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
457
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510252001026
Prices Fork Elementary
4021 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060 · (540) 951-5736 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
397 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 49 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
71.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Prices Fork Elementary
Prices Fork Elementary's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prices Fork Elementary this school | 457 | 86.9% | 71.9% |
| Falling Branch Elementary Christiansburg | 535 | 88.6% | 67.8% |
| Stony Mill Elementary Danville | 440 | 83.6% | 79.9% |
| Central Elementary Lexington | 466 | 85.8% | 70.5% |
| Herman L. Horn Elementary Vinton | 399 | 82.5% | 80.4% |
| W.E. Cundiff Elementary Vinton | 486 | 81.3% | 78.6% |
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 Prices Fork Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #531 of 1,101 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #602 of 1,111 ▼ 284 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #591 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #682 of 1,176 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #435 of 1,105 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #710 of 1,106 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #404 of 1,157 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #630 of 759 | #9 of 10 |
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
457
+42 (+10%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 457 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 87% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 87% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 58% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 33 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 33.9 | 14.1:1 | 52% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 52% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 219 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 45% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 215 | 21 | 10.2:1 | 36% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prices Fork Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (477 to 457); teachers unchanged (33.9 to 34).
About Prices Fork Elementary
Prices Fork Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school counted 457 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Within Montgomery County Public Schools, Prices Fork Elementary is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 9,461 students.
The share of White students at Prices Fork Elementary is 65%, a majority. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Montgomery County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Its ratio of 13.4:1 is based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. In all, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Montgomery County average 45%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Prices Fork Elementary outscored 60%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Prices Fork Elementary is 7.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, the median household earns about $72,715 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County has 23 public schools with about 9,461 students, including Prices Fork Elementary.
Prices Fork Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Blacksburg Middle, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of Prices Fork Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 71.9% is below the 81.7% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Prices Fork Elementary as Suburb: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 415 to 457.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,101
Census ACS
Median income
$72,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Christiansburg HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Christiansburg MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Auburn ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Falling Branch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Blacksburg
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Kipps ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Margaret Beeks ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Gilbert Linkous ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Harding Avenue ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Blacksburg Middle1.4 mi · 958
- Blacksburg High1.5 mi · 1,325
- Kipps Elementary1.7 mi · 358
- Belview Elementary3.1 mi · 245
- Gilbert Linkous Elementary3.9 mi · 292
- Margaret Beeks Elementary4.5 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Prices Fork ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Prices Fork Elementary?
Prices Fork Elementary enrolls approximately 457 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Prices Fork Elementary serve?
Prices Fork Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Prices Fork Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Prices Fork Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Prices Fork Elementary?
Student demographics at Prices Fork Elementary are roughly 65% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Prices Fork Elementary in?
Prices Fork Elementary is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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