Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510009000003
Virginia L. Murray Elementary
3251 Morgantown Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · (434) 977-4599 · Albemarle County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
32 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
93.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 2022-23 | 94.0% | 94.0% |
% 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
93.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Virginia L. Murray Elementary
Virginia L. Murray Elementary's state test result (93.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia L. Murray Elementary this school | 273 | 11.7% | 93.1% |
| Broadus Wood Elementary Earlysville | 282 | 17.7% | 78.3% |
| Waterford Elementary Waterford | 243 | 5.3% | 80.9% |
| Fort Lewis Elementary Salem | 250 | 21.6% | 88.8% |
| Ivy Elementary Charlottesville | 358 | 8.4% | 89.5% |
| Bonsack Elementary Roanoke | 311 | 22.5% | 93.9% |
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 Virginia L. Murray Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Albemarle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.1% | #17 of 1,101 | #1 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #58 of 1,111 ▼ 46 | #3 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #26 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #2 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #1,012 of 1,176 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #446 of 1,105 | #9 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #865 of 1,106 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #1,101 of 1,157 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #267 of 324 | #7 of 8 |
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
273
+38 (+16%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 229
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 273 | 20.2 | 13.5:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 9% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 235 | 18 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 17.2 | 15.5:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 9% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 16 | 17.0:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 229 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 7% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia L. Murray Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (266 to 273); teachers up 17% (17.2 to 20.2).
About Virginia L. Murray Elementary
Virginia L. Murray Elementary is one of the public schools in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is a small elementary school. The school had 273 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Virginia) has about 499 students.
Albemarle County Public Schools is responsible for 24 schools, Virginia L. Murray Elementary included, with 14,149 students in all.
Virginia L. Murray Elementary is 74% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligible students account for 12% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Albemarle County average 37%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Virginia L. Murray Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Virginia L. Murray Elementary is +8.2 points: 93.1% actual, 84.9% predicted.
Albemarle County has these Census figures: the median household income is $104,392, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Albemarle County is home to 26 public schools and about 13,438 public school students.
The school nearest to Virginia L. Murray Elementary is Ivy Elementary, at a distance of about 1.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Virginia L. Murray Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 273 students in 2024-25, 38 more than the 235 it had in 2020-21.
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Albemarle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
114,919
Census ACS
Median income
$104,392
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,438 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Albemarle County Public Schools
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Western Albemarle HighHigh · 1,273 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Joseph T. Henley MiddleMiddle · 847 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
Other schools in Charlottesville
- Albemarle HighHigh · 1,964 students
- Charlottesville HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Monticello HighHigh · 1,184 students
- Mountain View ElementaryElementary · 769 students
- Baker-Butler ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Journey MiddleMiddle · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Ivy Elementary1.8 mi · 358
- Crozet Elementary4.7 mi · 571
- Brownsville Elementary4.9 mi · 530
- Joseph T. Henley Middle5.1 mi · 847
- Western Albemarle High5.2 mi · 1,273
- Journey Middle5.9 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia L. Murray ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Virginia L. Murray Elementary?
Virginia L. Murray Elementary enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Virginia L. Murray Elementary serve?
Virginia L. Murray Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Virginia L. Murray Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Virginia L. Murray Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Virginia L. Murray Elementary?
At Virginia L. Murray Elementary, the student body is approximately 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Virginia L. Murray Elementary public or private?
Virginia L. Murray Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Albemarle County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.