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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510313002787
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary
4670 Waverly Farm Drive, Haymarket, VA 20169 · (571) 248-4930 · Prince William County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest 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
18.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
123 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
58%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
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
90.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
88.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary's state test result (88.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary this school | 813 | 15.1% | 88.5% |
| Laurel Ridge Elementary Fairfax | 835 | 9.7% | 82.2% |
| Orange Hunt Elementary Springfield | 874 | 9.6% | 83.8% |
| Fairview Elementary Fairfax Station | 751 | 10.8% | 85.8% |
| Cedar Road Elementary Chesapeake | 988 | 17.7% | 88.0% |
| Thoroughgood Elementary Virginia Beach | 767 | 18.4% | 87.4% |
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 Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Prince William County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #85 of 1,101 | #5 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #122 of 1,111 ▼ 76 | #6 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #175 of 1,111 ▼ 91 | #9 of 64 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #82 of 1,176 | #10 of 64 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,074 of 1,105 | #59 of 64 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #619 of 1,106 | #48 of 64 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #1,070 of 1,157 | #62 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #219 of 324 | #15 of 17 |
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
813
+56 (+7%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 744
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 813 | 44.4 | 18.3:1 | 15% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 41.6 | 19.1:1 | 15% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 43.3 | 18.4:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 42 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 40.3 | 19.4:1 | 12% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 765 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | 34 | 21.9:1 | 9% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (779 to 813); teachers up 10% (40.3 to 44.4).
About Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary
Haymarket, Virginia, is home to Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 813 students. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
Prince William County Public Schools has 95 schools and 90,242 students, and Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Prince William County's population at about 43%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 44.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.3:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 15%. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Prince William County, the school's rate is lower.
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Virginia public elementary schools.
In Virginia, Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 88.5% actual against a predicted 84.0%.
In the wider Prince William County area, median household income comes to about $131,402, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Prince William County counts 102 public schools with about 89,591 students.
J.W. Alvey Elementary is about 1.2 miles from Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 7% over 4 years, reaching 813 in 2024-25.
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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 Haymarket
- Battlefield HighHigh · 2,063 students
- Ronald Wilson Reagan MiddleMiddle · 1,436 students
- Haymarket ElementaryElementary · 963 students
- J.W. Alvey ElementaryElementary · 523 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- J.W. Alvey Elementary1.2 mi · 523
- Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle1.2 mi · 1,436
- Battlefield High1.3 mi · 2,063
- Mountain View Elementary1.8 mi · 418
- Bull Run Middle3.3 mi · 1,129
- Haymarket Elementary3.6 mi · 963
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel L. Gravely Jr. ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary?
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary serve?
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary?
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary in?
Samuel L. Gravely Jr. 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.