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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 727 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366001634
Winding Creek Elementary
475 Winding Creek Rd, Stafford, VA 22554 · (540) 658-6400 · Stafford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.6:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
294 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
77.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Winding Creek Elementary
Winding Creek Elementary's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winding Creek Elementary this school | 840 | 35.0% | 76.8% |
| A. Henderson Elementary Dumfries | 815 | 33.7% | 82.6% |
| Park Ridge Elementary Stafford | 908 | 33.7% | 63.5% |
| Oakridge Elementary Arlington | 636 | 31.9% | 70.3% |
| Lane Elementary Alexandria | 716 | 26.1% | 69.7% |
| Bennett Elementary Manassas | 746 | 37.0% | 78.6% |
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 Winding Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Stafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #403 of 1,101 | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #521 of 1,111 ▼ 164 | #5 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #413 of 1,111 ▼ 58 | #3 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #59 of 1,176 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #865 of 1,105 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #48 of 1,106 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #896 of 1,157 | #14 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #508 of 759 | #5 of 6 |
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
840
+85 (+11%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 840 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 35% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 37% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 33% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 40 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 918 | 45 | 20.4:1 | 15% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 18% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 35 | 19.7:1 | 15% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 901 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 7% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winding Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (918 to 840); teachers up 20% (45 to 54).
About Winding Creek Elementary
Winding Creek Elementary is a public elementary school in Stafford, Virginia. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 840 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Across its 32 schools, Stafford County Public Schools enrolls 31,812 students. Winding Creek Elementary is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Winding Creek Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 35%. After that, the student body is 24% Black, 22% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Stafford County is about 54% White. Winding Creek Elementary has a diversity index of 75%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 15.6:1 comes from the school's 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Stafford County is 45%.
Winding Creek Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 51% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Winding Creek Elementary, the prediction is 78.6% and the result is 76.8%.
Federal survey data for Stafford County show that median household income is about $137,807, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winding Creek Elementary is among the 41 public schools in Stafford County.
Nearest public school: Colonial Forge High, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 69.4%; Winding Creek Elementary's is 76.8%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 755 to 840. The ratio was 18.9:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Stafford Senior HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
Other schools in Stafford
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Other Winding Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Winding Creek Elementary. Winding Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolMechanicsburg, PA · 1,055 students
- Winding Creek Elementary SchoolMoore, OK · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Colonial Forge High0.5 mi · 2,122
- Rodney E. Thompson Middle0.7 mi · 1,063
- H.H. Poole Middle1.1 mi · 995
- Park Ridge Elementary1.6 mi · 908
- North Stafford High1.8 mi · 1,982
- North Star Early Childhood Education Center1.9 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Winding Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Winding Creek Elementary?
Winding Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 840 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Winding Creek Elementary serve?
Winding Creek Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winding Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winding Creek Elementary is approximately 15.6:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Winding Creek Elementary?
Winding Creek Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 22% Hispanic, 24% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Winding Creek Elementary in?
Winding Creek Elementary is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.