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Which teacher or staff member at Rockhill Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366002135
Rockhill Elementary
50 Wood Dr, Stafford, VA 22556 · (540) 658-6360 · Stafford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
272 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
77.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Rockhill Elementary
Rockhill Elementary's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhill Elementary this school | 639 | 42.6% | 71.6% |
| Courtland Elementary Spotsylvania | 548 | 40.7% | 71.1% |
| Garrisonville Elementary Stafford | 735 | 37.6% | 72.8% |
| Bethel Manor Elementary Langley A F B | 631 | 45.5% | 85.9% |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Alexandria | 680 | 42.6% | 74.4% |
| Christopher Farms Elementary Virginia Beach | 626 | 36.7% | 85.5% |
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 Rockhill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #538 of 1,101 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #469 of 1,111 ▲ 31 | #4 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #414 of 1,111 ▲ 83 | #4 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #282 of 1,176 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #869 of 1,105 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #145 of 1,106 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #835 of 1,157 | #11 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.5% | #100 of 324 | #6 of 11 |
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
639
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 639 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 43% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 38% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 36% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 38 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 33.7 | 16.9:1 | 30% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 28 | 20.2:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 8% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockhill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (568 to 639); teachers up 22% (33.7 to 41).
About Rockhill Elementary
Rockhill Elementary is one of the public schools in Stafford, Virginia. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 639 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Within Stafford County Public Schools, Rockhill Elementary is one of 32 schools. The district enrolls 31,812 students.
Rockhill Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among people living in Stafford County, the White share is about 54%. Rockhill Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.6:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Rockhill Elementary is 43%. That tracks the 45% average for public schools in Stafford County.
The allk12 Grade for Rockhill Elementary is C+. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 40% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Rockhill Elementary is -4.9 points: 71.6% actual, 76.5% predicted.
Across Stafford County, the median household income is $137,807, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. In all, Stafford County has 41 public schools and roughly 31,812 students.
The school nearest to Rockhill Elementary is Garrisonville Elementary, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Rockhill Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Rockhill Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment increase, from 616 in 2020-21 to 639 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Other Rockhill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rockhill Elementary. Rockhill Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Rockhill Elementary SchoolRockhill Furnace, PA · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Garrisonville Elementary0.2 mi · 735
- Andrew G. Wright Middle0.2 mi · 851
- North Star Early Childhood Education Center1.0 mi · 264
- North Stafford High1.4 mi · 1,982
- Margaret Brent Elementary1.4 mi · 796
- Mountain View High1.6 mi · 2,233
Frequently asked questions
About Rockhill ElementaryHow many students attend Rockhill Elementary?
Rockhill Elementary enrolls approximately 639 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rockhill Elementary serve?
Rockhill Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockhill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockhill Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockhill Elementary?
At Rockhill Elementary, the student body is approximately 41% White, 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Rockhill Elementary public or private?
Rockhill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.