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What's one thing Rockledge Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313001320
Rockledge Elementary
2300 Mariner Ln, Woodbridge, VA 22192 · (703) 491-2108 · Prince William County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
344 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
76%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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Rockledge Elementary
Rockledge Elementary's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockledge Elementary this school | 495 | 69.5% | 70.9% |
| Montclair Elementary Dumfries | 588 | 70.6% | 74.5% |
| Agnor Elementary Charlottesville | 523 | 70.9% | 63.3% |
| Bren Mar Park Elementary Alexandria | 490 | 70.2% | 62.0% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary Woodbridge | 547 | 70.4% | 68.4% |
| Hollin Meadows Elementary Alexandria | 594 | 76.3% | 54.8% |
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 Rockledge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #555 of 1,101 | #41 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #632 of 1,111 ▲ 61 | #48 of 64 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #465 of 1,111 ▼ 93 | #35 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #598 of 1,176 | #49 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #927 of 1,105 | #39 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #30 of 1,106 | #7 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.5% | #694 of 1,157 | #46 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #143 of 759 | #11 of 45 |
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
495
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 495 | 30.9 | 16.0:1 | 69% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 32.8 | 15.0:1 | 68% (337) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 31.5 | 16.2:1 | 55% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 34 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 38.3 | 16.5:1 | 46% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 635 | 39 | 16.3:1 | 43% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 41% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 15% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 26 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockledge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (632 to 495); teachers down 19% (38.3 to 30.9).
About Rockledge Elementary
At 2300 Mariner Ln in Woodbridge, Virginia, Rockledge Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 495 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Rockledge Elementary is among 95 schools run by Prince William County Public Schools, which serves 90,242 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Rockledge Elementary is Hispanic, with 34% of students. Next come 24% White, 20% Black, 15% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The diversity index for Rockledge Elementary is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Rockledge Elementary, 69% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Prince William County report 55%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Rockledge Elementary would be expected to post about 69.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.9%.
In the surrounding county, Prince William County, the median household earns about $131,402 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Prince William County has 102 public schools with about 89,591 students, including Rockledge Elementary.
A public school about 1.2 miles away, Occoquan Elementary, is the closest to Rockledge Elementary. Rockledge Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Rockledge Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 491 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 495. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.0:1) than in 2020-21 (14.4:1).
Rockledge Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Prince William County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
488,880
Census ACS
Median income
$131,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
102
89,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince William County Public Schools
- Charles J. Colgan Sr. HighHigh · 2,956 students
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Osbourn Park HighHigh · 2,661 students
- Gainesville HighHigh · 2,648 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
Other schools in Woodbridge
- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,898 students
- Gar-Field HighHigh · 2,524 students
- Forest Park HighHigh · 2,343 students
- Freedom HighHigh · 2,303 students
- C.D. Hylton HighHigh · 1,859 students
- Lake Ridge MiddleMiddle · 1,487 students
Other Rockledge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rockledge Elementary. Rockledge Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Rockledge ElementaryBowie, MD · 319 students
Nearby schools
- Occoquan Elementary1.2 mi · 571
- Antietam Elementary1.3 mi · 752
- Woodbridge High1.4 mi · 2,898
- Lake Ridge Middle1.6 mi · 1,487
- Old Bridge Elementary1.6 mi · 505
- R. Dean Kilby Elementary1.8 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Rockledge ElementaryHow large is Rockledge Elementary?
Rockledge Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rockledge Elementary serve?
Rockledge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rockledge Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Rockledge Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rockledge Elementary?
Student demographics at Rockledge Elementary are roughly 24% White, 34% Hispanic, 20% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Rockledge Elementary in?
Rockledge Elementary is part of Prince William County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.