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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 460 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510387001732
Ressie Jeffries Elementary
320 East Criser Road, Front Royal, VA 22630 · (540) 636-6824 · Warren County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
481 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Ressie Jeffries Elementary
Ressie Jeffries Elementary's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ressie Jeffries Elementary this school | 649 | 74.1% | 68.4% |
| Stuarts Draft Elementary Stuarts Draft | 646 | 69.3% | 70.1% |
| Jouett Elementary Mineral | 647 | 78.1% | 82.3% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 624 | 72.0% | 78.3% |
| Cassell Elementary Waynesboro | 634 | 71.1% | 68.1% |
| Tomahawk Elementary Lynchburg | 667 | 76.9% | 73.5% |
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 Ressie Jeffries Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #635 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #687 of 1,111 ▼ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #642 of 1,111 ▼ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #269 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #828 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #837 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #594 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #59 of 324 |
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
649
+57 (+10%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 649 | 42.3 | 15.3:1 | 74% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 42.3 | 15.2:1 | 72% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 38.3 | 16.7:1 | 66% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 35.5 | 15.7:1 | 52% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 51% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 610 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 41% (250) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 29% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 841 | 47 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ressie Jeffries Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (557 to 649); teachers up 19% (35.5 to 42.3).
About Ressie Jeffries Elementary
In Front Royal, Virginia, Ressie Jeffries Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 649 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Warren County Public Schools has a total of 9 schools and 5,024 students, Ressie Jeffries Elementary among them.
Ressie Jeffries Elementary's enrollment is 72% White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Black. County-wide, 83% of Warren County residents are White. By the diversity index, Ressie Jeffries Elementary comes in at 45%.
At Ressie Jeffries Elementary, 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Roughly 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Warren County.
allk12 grades Ressie Jeffries Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ressie Jeffries Elementary, the prediction is 67.9% and the result is 68.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Warren County show that median household income is about $84,682, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ressie Jeffries Elementary is one of 9 public schools in Warren County, which together enroll about 5,024 students.
Nearest public school: Skyline Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Ressie Jeffries Elementary places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Ressie Jeffries Elementary is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 592 in 2020-21 and 649 in 2024-25, a gain of 57 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.4:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,531
Census ACS
Median income
$84,682
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
5,024 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warren County Public Schools
- Skyline HighHigh · 848 students
- Warren County HighHigh · 772 students
- Warren County MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Leslie Fox Keyser ElementaryElementary · 474 students
- E. Wilson Morrison ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Other schools in Front Royal
- Skyline HighHigh · 848 students
- Warren County HighHigh · 772 students
- Warren County MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Skyline MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Leslie Fox Keyser ElementaryElementary · 474 students
- E. Wilson Morrison ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Skyline Middle0.7 mi · 536
- E. Wilson Morrison Elementary0.9 mi · 458
- Skyline High0.9 mi · 848
- Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary1.2 mi · 474
- Warren County High1.4 mi · 772
- Hilda J. Barbour Elementary1.5 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Ressie Jeffries ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Ressie Jeffries Elementary?
Ressie Jeffries Elementary enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ressie Jeffries Elementary serve?
Ressie Jeffries Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ressie Jeffries Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ressie Jeffries Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ressie Jeffries Elementary?
At Ressie Jeffries Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Ressie Jeffries Elementary in?
Ressie Jeffries Elementary is part of Warren County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.