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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sycamore Park Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
689
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULPEPER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510105000382
Sycamore Park Elementary
451 Radio Ln, Culpeper, VA 22701 · (540) 825-8847 · Culpeper County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL689 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
601 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
45.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Sycamore Park Elementary
Sycamore Park Elementary's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Park Elementary this school | 689 | 87.2% | 52.0% |
| Stone Spring Elementary Harrisonburg | 554 | 84.8% | 45.9% |
| Baldwin Elementary Manassas | 631 | 86.7% | 56.3% |
| Bluestone Elementary Harrisonburg | 566 | 85.0% | 49.3% |
| Elizabeth Scott Elementary Chester | 729 | 77.2% | 73.9% |
| Groveton Elementary Alexandria | 764 | 83.6% | 49.5% |
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 Sycamore Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Culpeper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #957 of 1,101 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #887 of 1,111 ▲ 62 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,052 of 1,111 ▼ 54 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 689 | #201 of 1,176 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #824 of 1,105 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #357 of 1,106 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #396 of 1,157 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #79 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
689
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 87% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 87% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 77% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 45 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 39.8 | 15.1:1 | 69% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 71% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 59% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 57 | 11.6:1 | 43% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 37 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (602 to 689); teachers up 13% (39.8 to 45).
About Sycamore Park Elementary
Culpeper, Virginia, is home to Sycamore Park Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. In all, 689 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 38% bigger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Culpeper County Public Schools enrolls 8,381 students in 11 schools, including Sycamore Park Elementary.
The largest group at Sycamore Park Elementary is Hispanic students, at 50%. Other groups include 21% White, 16% Black, and 11% multiracial. By comparison, Culpeper County residents are about 16% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Staffing at Sycamore Park Elementary comes to 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. On the income side, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Culpeper County report 65%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Sycamore Park Elementary outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In Virginia, Sycamore Park Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.0% actual against a predicted 64.3%.
In the surrounding county, Culpeper County, the median household earns about $100,049 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Culpeper County has 11 public schools with about 8,381 students, including Sycamore Park Elementary.
Sycamore Park Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Floyd T. Binns Middle, its nearest public school. Sycamore Park Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sycamore Park Elementary ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 52.0% against a local average of 68.4%.
NCES describes the area around Sycamore Park Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (675) and 2024-25 (689).
People who know Sycamore Park Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Culpeper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,397
Census ACS
Median income
$100,049
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
8,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Culpeper County Public Schools
- Eastern View HighHigh · 1,529 students
- Culpeper County HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Culpeper MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
- Floyd T. Binns MiddleMiddle · 825 students
- Emerald Hill ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Yowell ElementaryElementary · 687 students
Other schools in Culpeper
- Eastern View HighHigh · 1,529 students
- Culpeper County HighHigh · 1,204 students
- Culpeper MiddleMiddle · 1,040 students
- Floyd T. Binns MiddleMiddle · 825 students
- Emerald Hill ElementaryElementary · 702 students
- Yowell ElementaryElementary · 687 students
Nearby schools
- Floyd T. Binns Middle0.1 mi · 825
- Culpeper County High0.7 mi · 1,204
- Culpeper Middle0.7 mi · 1,040
- Yowell Elementary1.4 mi · 687
- Galbreath-Marshall Building1.5 mi · 9
- Farmington Elementary2.3 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Park ElementaryHow large is Sycamore Park Elementary?
Sycamore Park Elementary enrolls approximately 689 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sycamore Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sycamore Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sycamore Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sycamore Park Elementary is approximately 15.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sycamore Park Elementary?
Sycamore Park Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 50% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Park Elementary?
Sycamore Park Elementary is overseen by Culpeper County Public Schools in Culpeper County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.