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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384002108
Rosemont Forest Elementary
1716 Grey Friars Chase, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 · (757) 648-3640 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- 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
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
151 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
75%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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Rosemont Forest Elementary
Rosemont Forest Elementary's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont Forest Elementary this school | 497 | 30.4% | 80.8% |
| Franconia Elementary Alexandria | 492 | 30.9% | 71.0% |
| Centerville Elementary Virginia Beach | 570 | 28.1% | 84.0% |
| Montessori Public School of Arlington Arlington | 528 | 28.2% | 83.0% |
| Rolling Valley Elementary Springfield | 521 | 24.0% | 74.8% |
| Newington Forest Elementary Springfield | 579 | 25.7% | 78.7% |
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 Rosemont Forest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #296 of 1,101 | #18 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #267 of 1,111 ▲ 4 | #19 of 54 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #256 of 1,111 ▼ 70 | #22 of 54 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #591 of 1,176 | #34 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #875 of 1,105 | #42 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #62 of 1,106 | #7 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #938 of 1,157 | #43 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #734 of 759 | #39 of 40 |
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
497
+51 (+11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 497 | 31.8 | 15.6:1 | 30% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 32.2 | 15.7:1 | 31% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 31.3 | 16.5:1 | 29% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 30.6 | 16.4:1 | 35% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 25 | 21.0:1 | 33% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 19% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 15% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 39 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rosemont Forest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (502 to 497); teachers up 4% (30.6 to 31.8).
About Rosemont Forest Elementary
Rosemont Forest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It reported 497 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools has 64,731 students in 82 schools, and Rosemont Forest Elementary is one of those schools.
White students make up 41% of enrollment at Rosemont Forest Elementary, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 15% Black, and 12% Asian. In Virginia Beach city overall, about 61% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 75, compared with 70 nationally.
With 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 1.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 30% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Virginia Beach city averages 49%, higher than here.
Rosemont Forest Elementary holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 62% of Virginia public elementary schools.
A school with Rosemont Forest Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 79.8%. Rosemont Forest Elementary scores 80.8%, within a point of that line.
The school is in Virginia Beach city, where the median household earns about $92,968 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Rosemont Forest Elementary shares Virginia Beach city with 88 other public schools.
Salem Elementary is the nearest public school to Rosemont Forest Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Rosemont Forest Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 80.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Rosemont Forest Elementary is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 497, up from 446 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Rosemont Forest Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Elementary0.8 mi · 541
- Salem High0.8 mi · 1,690
- Glenwood Elementary0.9 mi · 896
- Salem Middle1.0 mi · 1,072
- Parkway Elementary1.1 mi · 465
- Landstown Elementary1.4 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Rosemont Forest ElementaryHow large is Rosemont Forest Elementary?
Rosemont Forest Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rosemont Forest Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rosemont Forest Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Rosemont Forest Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Rosemont Forest Elementary.
How diverse is Rosemont Forest Elementary?
Rosemont Forest Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Rosemont Forest Elementary?
Rosemont Forest Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.