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Enrollment
838
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSBURG-JAMES CITY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510402002556
Stonehouse Elementary
3651 Rochambeau Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23188 · (757) 566-4300 · James City County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL838 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- 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
16.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
212 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp 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 86 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 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
81.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Stonehouse Elementary
Stonehouse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehouse Elementary this school | 838 | 25.3% | 82.0% |
| Spring Run Elementary Midlothian | 848 | 25.2% | 80.9% |
| Sealston Elementary King George | 753 | 29.3% | 64.3% |
| Edwin W. Chittum Elementary Chesapeake | 762 | 20.1% | 84.8% |
| Swift Creek Elementary Midlothian | 724 | 27.5% | 84.8% |
| Clover Hill Elementary Midlothian | 866 | 32.8% | 78.4% |
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 Stonehouse Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In James City County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #262 of 1,101 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #239 of 1,111 ▲ 90 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #258 of 1,111 ▲ 23 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 838 | #62 of 1,176 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #918 of 1,105 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #568 of 1,106 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #977 of 1,157 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.7% | #66 of 324 | N/A |
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
838
+118 (+16%) vs 2020
+70% since 2000-01, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 838 | 52.5 | 16.0:1 | 25% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 827 | 52.1 | 15.9:1 | 27% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 26% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 39 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 39.5 | 18.3:1 | 26% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 25% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 25% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 26% (128) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stonehouse Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (724 to 838); teachers up 33% (39.5 to 52.5).
About Stonehouse Elementary
Stonehouse Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the schools in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools. Total enrollment is 838 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. That is 68% bigger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools runs Stonehouse Elementary along with 15 other schools, enrolling 11,371 students in total.
The student body at Stonehouse Elementary is 59% White. Other reported shares: 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. James City County's residents are about 73% White, 14 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
Stonehouse Elementary reports a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher, from 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Stonehouse Elementary, 25% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in James City County, the school's rate is lower.
Stonehouse Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 81.2% at Stonehouse Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 82.0%.
The school's county is James City County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $109,985, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. James City County's 15 public schools enroll about 9,715 students and include Stonehouse Elementary.
Stonehouse Elementary is about 1.3 miles from Toano Middle, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Stonehouse Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Stonehouse Elementary as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 118 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 18.5:1 to 16.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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James City County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,013
Census ACS
Median income
$109,985
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
9,715 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Toano MiddleMiddle · 704 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 666 students
Other schools in Williamsburg
- Warhill HighHigh · 1,277 students
- Lafayette HighHigh · 1,247 students
- Jamestown HighHigh · 1,243 students
- Lois Hornsby MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
- Berkeley MiddleMiddle · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Toano Middle1.3 mi · 704
- Norge Elementary2.5 mi · 578
- J. Blaine Blayton Elementary4.1 mi · 481
- Lois Hornsby Middle4.2 mi · 805
- Warhill High4.7 mi · 1,277
- Lafayette High5.7 mi · 1,247
Frequently asked questions
About Stonehouse ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Stonehouse Elementary?
Stonehouse Elementary enrolls approximately 838 students in grades KG-05.
Is Stonehouse Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stonehouse Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Stonehouse Elementary have?
Stonehouse Elementary employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is Stonehouse Elementary?
Stonehouse Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 12% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Stonehouse Elementary in?
Stonehouse Elementary is part of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools.
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