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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Tabb Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
707
Elementary
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510415001819
Tabb Elementary
3711 Big Bethel Rd, Yorktown, VA 23693 · (757) 898-0372 · York County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
204 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 93.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
90.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Tabb Elementary
Tabb Elementary's state test result (90.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabb Elementary this school | 707 | 28.9% | 90.8% |
| Baker-Butler Elementary Charlottesville | 692 | 30.2% | 76.1% |
| Stratford Landing Elementary Alexandria | 669 | 26.9% | 84.7% |
| Evergreen Elementary Midlothian | 797 | 32.9% | 68.3% |
| Hartwood Elementary Hartwood | 627 | 30.0% | 79.4% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Manassas | 642 | 25.7% | 85.9% |
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 Tabb Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In York County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #41 of 1,101 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #100 of 1,111 ▼ 65 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #65 of 1,111 ▼ 37 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #184 of 1,176 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #973 of 1,105 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #296 of 1,106 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #947 of 1,157 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #74 of 324 | #2 of 7 |
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
707
+119 (+20%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 707 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 29% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 34% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | N/A | N/A | 40% (256) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 23% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 18% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 17% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 17% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 32 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tabb Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (615 to 707); teachers up 19% (36 to 43).
About Tabb Elementary
Tabb Elementary sits in Yorktown, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment totals 707 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
York County Public Schools is responsible for 19 schools, Tabb Elementary included, with 13,105 students in all.
More than half of the students at Tabb Elementary are White (51%). Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Black, and 7% Asian. In York County overall, about 68% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
A staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. There are 204 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 29% of enrollment.
Test results at Tabb Elementary are 10.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (90.8% actual, 80.3% predicted).
In York County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $109,956 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Counting Tabb Elementary, York County has 19 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Coventry Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Tabb Elementary. The five-mile area around Tabb Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Tabb Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Tabb Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 20% across 4 years, from 588 in 2020-21 to 707 in 2024-25.
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York County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,005
Census ACS
Median income
$109,956
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
13,105 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in York County Public Schools
- Grafton HighHigh · 1,235 students
- Tabb HighHigh · 1,153 students
- Tabb MiddleMiddle · 968 students
- York HighHigh · 947 students
- Grafton MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Bruton HighHigh · 723 students
Other schools in Yorktown
- Grafton HighHigh · 1,235 students
- Tabb HighHigh · 1,153 students
- Tabb MiddleMiddle · 968 students
- York HighHigh · 947 students
- Grafton MiddleMiddle · 937 students
- Yorktown MiddleMiddle · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Coventry Elementary0.7 mi · 630
- Tabb High0.7 mi · 1,153
- Tabb Middle1.3 mi · 968
- Bethel Manor Elementary1.4 mi · 631
- Mount Vernon Elementary1.6 mi · 573
- Joseph H. Saunders Elementary2.2 mi · 660
Frequently asked questions
About Tabb ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Tabb Elementary?
Tabb Elementary enrolls approximately 707 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Tabb Elementary serve?
Tabb Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Tabb Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Tabb Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tabb Elementary?
At Tabb Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Tabb Elementary public or private?
Tabb Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by York County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.