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Enrollment
647
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510364001870
Wilderness Elementary
11600 Catharpin Rd, Spotsylvania, VA 22553 · (540) 786-9817 · Spotsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest 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
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
468 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
65.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Wilderness Elementary
Wilderness Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Elementary this school | 647 | 72.3% | 63.3% |
| Deep Creek Elementary Chesapeake | 767 | 73.9% | 79.0% |
| Courthouse Road Elementary Spotsylvania | 762 | 73.2% | 66.3% |
| Norge Elementary Williamsburg | 578 | 76.6% | 76.0% |
| David A. Harrison Elementary Disputanta | 630 | 64.0% | 68.9% |
| Riverview Elementary Spotsylvania | 691 | 66.1% | 73.3% |
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 Wilderness Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Spotsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #759 of 1,101 | #13 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #797 of 1,111 ▼ 97 | #14 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #752 of 1,111 ▼ 25 | #9 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #274 of 1,176 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #653 of 1,105 | #5 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #216 of 1,106 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #628 of 1,157 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #468 of 759 | #2 of 9 |
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
647
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 647 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 72% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 73% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 65% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 41 | 17.5:1 | 40% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 37% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 28% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 857 | 49 | 17.5:1 | 14% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilderness Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (716 to 647); teachers up 10% (41 to 45).
About Wilderness Elementary
Spotsylvania, Virginia, is home to Wilderness Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 647 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 30% higher.
Wilderness Elementary is one of 29 schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools, which enrolls 24,036 students in total.
Wilderness Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 11% multiracial. By comparison, Spotsylvania County residents are about 63% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.4 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students. That is 14 points above the 58% average for public schools in Spotsylvania County.
allk12 grades Wilderness Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 68.4% at Wilderness Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Spotsylvania County, the median household income is $112,738, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wilderness Elementary is one of 34 public schools in the county.
Ni River Middle is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wilderness Elementary comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 639 to 647.
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Spotsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
146,603
Census ACS
Median income
$112,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
Other schools in Spotsylvania
- Spotsylvania HighCombined · 1,394 students
- Spotsylvania MiddleMiddle · 1,009 students
- Courthouse Road ElementaryElementary · 762 students
- Thornburg MiddleMiddle · 755 students
- Ni River MiddleMiddle · 692 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Ni River Middle0.3 mi · 692
- Chancellor Elementary2.8 mi · 440
- Smith Station Elementary2.9 mi · 715
- Freedom Middle3.0 mi · 763
- Brock Road Elementary3.1 mi · 651
- Riverbend High3.1 mi · 1,913
Frequently asked questions
About Wilderness ElementaryHow many students attend Wilderness Elementary?
Wilderness Elementary enrolls approximately 647 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wilderness Elementary serve?
Wilderness Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilderness Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilderness Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilderness Elementary?
At Wilderness Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Wilderness Elementary public or private?
Wilderness Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spotsylvania County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.