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What's the most underrated thing about Salem Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384002139
Salem Elementary
3961 Salem Lakes Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 · (757) 648-3680 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
183 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
78%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Salem Elementary
Salem Elementary's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Elementary this school | 541 | 33.8% | 82.0% |
| Pennington Traditional Manassas | 651 | 31.8% | 92.9% |
| Discovery Elementary Ashburn | 639 | 33.8% | 73.4% |
| Arlington Traditional Arlington | 624 | 35.3% | 93.9% |
| Innovation Elementary Arlington | 483 | 42.7% | 78.0% |
| Fairhill Elementary Fairfax | 566 | 35.3% | 79.8% |
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 Salem Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #261 of 1,101 | #16 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #297 of 1,111 ▼ 25 | #20 of 54 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #131 of 1,111 ▼ 63 | #10 of 54 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #481 of 1,176 | #25 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #957 of 1,105 | #46 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.4% | #1 of 1,106 | #1 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #905 of 1,157 | #41 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.4% | #121 of 324 | #3 of 14 |
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
541
+65 (+14%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,293
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
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 | 541 | 33.2 | 16.3:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 32.2 | 17.8:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 32.3 | 17.2:1 | 36% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 30.7 | 16.0:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 37% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 25% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 1,293 | 59 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salem Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (490 to 541); teachers up 8% (30.7 to 33.2).
About Salem Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Salem Elementary serves students in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It reports enrollment of 541 students in pre-K through 5.
The 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools enroll 64,731 students altogether, Salem Elementary among them.
No group is above 50% at Salem Elementary; the largest is White, at 29%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Asian, 21% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 61%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Salem Elementary scores 78%.
Salem Elementary reports a ratio of 16.3 students per teacher, from 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch program data show 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 49% average for public schools in Virginia Beach city is 15 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Salem Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 70% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Salem Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.0% and a predicted 78.9%.
The school's county is Virginia Beach city. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $92,968 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Salem Elementary shares Virginia Beach city with 88 other public schools.
Rosemont Forest Elementary is the nearest public school to Salem Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Salem Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Salem Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 65 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Salem Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Salem Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Salem Elementary. Salem Elementary is the 5th largest of the 16.
- Salem ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 573 students
- Salem Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 946 students
- Salem ElementarySalem, WI · 936 students
- Salem ElementaryApex, NC · 776 students
- Salem ElementaryMorganton, NC · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Rosemont Forest Elementary0.8 mi · 497
- New Castle Elementary0.8 mi · 728
- Landstown Elementary0.9 mi · 632
- Landstown Middle1.0 mi · 1,272
- Glenwood Elementary1.0 mi · 896
- Landstown High1.2 mi · 2,152
Frequently asked questions
About Salem ElementaryHow large is Salem Elementary?
Salem Elementary enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Salem Elementary serve?
Salem Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Salem Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Salem Elementary is approximately 16.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salem Elementary?
At Salem Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 14% Hispanic, 21% Black, 24% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Salem Elementary public or private?
Salem Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.