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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sutherland Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DINWIDDIE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510117000416
Sutherland Elementary
6000 R. B. Pamplin Drive, Sutherland, VA 23885 · (804) 732-4168 · Dinwiddie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
516 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Dinwiddie County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Sutherland Elementary
Sutherland Elementary's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Elementary this school | 548 | 94.2% | 55.9% |
| Riverside Elementary Newport News | 506 | 99.0% | 48.8% |
| Simonsdale Elementary Portsmouth | 613 | 99.5% | 57.3% |
| Richard T. Yates Elementary Newport News | 448 | 97.8% | 64.5% |
| Ghent K-8 Norfolk | 501 | 99.4% | 84.1% |
| Sheffield Elementary Lynchburg | 443 | 92.8% | 56.3% |
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 Sutherland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #905 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #866 of 1,111 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #805 of 1,111 ▲ 107 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #467 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #660 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #300 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #263 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #197 of 324 |
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
548
+31 (+6%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 94% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 91% (523) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 83% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 33.6 | 15.5:1 | 60% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 55% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 62% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 27% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sutherland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (520 to 548); teachers up 13% (33.6 to 38).
About Sutherland Elementary
Sutherland Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Sutherland, Virginia. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 548 students.
A total of 7 schools make up Dinwiddie County Public Schools, with 4,147 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Sutherland Elementary; the largest is Black, at 41%. After that, the student body is 35% White, 13% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among all residents of Dinwiddie County, the Black share is about 30%. The diversity index for Sutherland Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Sutherland Elementary comes to 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. On the income side, 94% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Dinwiddie County average a similar 94%.
Sutherland Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Sutherland Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.9% is 6.6 points below the 62.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Dinwiddie County show that the median household earns about $83,704 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Dinwiddie County, 9 public schools serve about 4,147 students.
Midway Elementary is about 3.9 miles from Sutherland Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Sutherland Elementary places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Sutherland Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 31 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 16.7 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dinwiddie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,191
Census ACS
Median income
$83,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dinwiddie County Public Schools
- Dinwiddie County HighHigh · 1,260 students
- Dinwiddie County MiddleMiddle · 919 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Midway ElementaryElementary · 352 students
- Dinwiddie ElementaryElementary · 341 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryElementary · 281 students
Other Sutherland Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sutherland Elementary. Sutherland Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Sutherland Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 641 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM HARBOR, FL · 564 students
- Sutherland ElementaryGlendora, CA · 488 students
- Sutherland ElementaryStockton, CA · 360 students
- SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUTHERLAND, NE · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Midway Elementary3.9 mi · 352
- Southside Elementary4.1 mi · 446
- Matoaca Elementary5.3 mi · 676
- Dinwiddie County High5.6 mi · 1,260
- Dinwiddie County Middle5.8 mi · 919
- Matoaca Middle6.0 mi · 775
Frequently asked questions
About Sutherland ElementaryHow many students attend Sutherland Elementary?
Sutherland Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sutherland Elementary serve?
Sutherland Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Sutherland Elementary.
How diverse is Sutherland Elementary?
Sutherland Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 13% Hispanic, 41% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Sutherland Elementary?
Sutherland Elementary is overseen by Dinwiddie County Public Schools in Dinwiddie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.