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Best kept secret at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINCHESTER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510405001782
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary
550 Virginia Ave, Winchester, VA 22601 · (540) 665-6330 · Winchester city
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
347 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary→Daniel Morgan Intermediate→Daniel Morgan Middle→John Handley High
Based on grade levels within Winchester City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary this school | 415 | 83.6% | 50.5% |
| Spotswood Elementary Harrisonburg | 468 | 83.8% | 40.9% |
| Cora Kelly School for Math Science and Technology Alexandria | 337 | 82.2% | 55.6% |
| Woodley Hills Elementary Alexandria | 495 | 83.6% | 53.0% |
| Stone Spring Elementary Harrisonburg | 554 | 84.8% | 45.9% |
| George Carr Round Elementary Manassas | 512 | 88.9% | 61.3% |
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 Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #968 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,052 of 1,111 ▼ 157 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,083 of 1,111 ▼ 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #781 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #792 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #476 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #451 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #520 of 759 |
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
415
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 415 | 27.5 | 15.1:1 | 84% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 31.5 | 13.1:1 | 83% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 31.8 | 13.9:1 | 77% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 33 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 34.6 | 13.1:1 | 75% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 76% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 71% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 46% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (452 to 415); teachers down 20% (34.6 to 27.5).
About Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Winchester, Virginia, under Winchester City Public Schools. A federal count lists 415 students at the school, in pre-K through 4.
Winchester City Public Schools serves 4,362 students across 7 schools.
Roughly 55% of students at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 19% White, 12% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Winchester city, the Hispanic share is about 21%. Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary counts 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.1 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 84% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Winchester city average 82%.
allk12 grades Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% in Virginia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.5%, against a prediction of 65.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Winchester city show that the median household income is $63,974, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. There are 8 public schools in Winchester city, enrolling about 5,235 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Daniel Morgan Intermediate, is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary is 9th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.8:1 to 15.1:1.
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Winchester city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,913
Census ACS
Median income
$63,974
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
5,235 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winchester City Public Schools
- John Handley HighHigh · 1,361 students
- Daniel Morgan MiddleMiddle · 642 students
- John Kerr ElementaryElementary · 583 students
- Daniel Morgan IntermediateMiddle · 575 students
- Garland R. Quarles ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Frederick Douglass ElementaryElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Winchester
- Millbrook HighHigh · 1,550 students
- James Wood HighHigh · 1,462 students
- John Handley HighHigh · 1,361 students
- James Wood MiddleMiddle · 873 students
- Admiral Richard E. Byrd MiddleMiddle · 853 students
- Frederick County MiddleMiddle · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Daniel Morgan Intermediate0.6 mi · 575
- Daniel Morgan Middle0.6 mi · 642
- Garland R. Quarles Elementary1.3 mi · 410
- John Handley High1.4 mi · 1,361
- James Wood Middle1.7 mi · 873
- Millbrook High2.1 mi · 1,550
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary?
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary serve?
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary?
Student demographics at Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary are roughly 19% White, 55% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary?
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart Elementary is overseen by Winchester City Public Schools in Winchester city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.