Prices Fork Elementary

Summary:

Prices Fork Elementary is a public elementary school located in Blacksburg, Virginia, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 440. The school is part of the Montgomery County Public Schools district, which is ranked 42 out of 130 school districts in Virginia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Prices Fork Elementary consistently outperforms the Montgomery County Public Schools district and the state of Virginia in standardized test scores across various subjects and grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school had significantly higher proficiency rates in Mathematics, English Reading, Science, and Virginia Studies compared to the district and state averages. The school's performance is particularly noteworthy, as it ranks in the top half of Virginia elementary schools and earns a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Prices Fork Elementary has a higher percentage of White students (75.45%) compared to the district and state averages, and a lower percentage of African American (2.95%) and Hispanic (13.41%) students. The school's male students, Hispanic students, and students with low socioeconomic status also perform better than their respective statewide subgroup rankings. Additionally, Prices Fork Elementary has a higher per-student spending of $10,199 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 13.3, suggesting that the school has access to more resources and a more favorable learning environment compared to the nearby schools, such as Christiansburg Elementary, Christiansburg Primary, and McHarg Elementary.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 4021 Prices Fork Rd
       Blacksburg, VA  24060


(540) 951-5736

District: Montgomery County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
450th of 1,114 Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,199 Help


Students who attend Prices Fork Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Blacksburg Middle
High:    Blacksburg High

Student/teacher ratio:  13.6 Help
Number of students:  452

Racial breakdown:

White:
67.7%
Hispanic:
16.6%
Two or more races:
8.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  86.5% Help


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Compare Details Prices Fork Elementary ranks better than 59.6% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks 7th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.15. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (67.7%), Hispanic (16.6%), two or more races (8.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 86.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Prices Fork Elementary is 13.6. 8 elementary schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Prices Fork Elementary employs 33 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Prices Fork Elementary is $10,199, which is the 3rd highest among 10 elementary schools in the Montgomery County Public Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Prices Fork Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Prices Fork Elementary 450th of 1114 Virginia public elementary schools. (See Prices Fork Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Montgomery County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Montgomery County Public Schools 42nd of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Prices Fork Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 35.93 795th 1062 25.1%
2006 53.87 539th 1071 49.7%
2007 49.93 596th 1083 45.0%
2008 39.50 769th 1081 28.9%
2009 42.14 755th 1082 30.2%
2010 45.36 733rd 1113 34.1%
2011 77.39 168th 1117 85.0%
2012 64.67 365th 1117 67.3%
2013 46.38 653rd 1120 41.7%
2014 46.25 660th 1110 40.5%
2015 41.99 748th 1100 32.0%
2016 33.69 846th 1096 22.8%
2017 41.66 743rd 1099 32.4%
2018 46.71 680th 1097 38.0%
2019 48.77 652nd 1105 41.0%
2021 63.00 422nd 1103 61.7%
2022 62.58 444th 1109 60.0%
2023 59.81 479th 1114 57.0%
2024 63.15 450th 1114 59.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 62.57 386th 1036 62.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 60.01 460th 1100 58.2%
2024 55.57 528th 1098 51.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 54.79 190th 355 46.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 56.27 500th 1093 54.3%
2024 68.13 361st 1101 67.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 53.16 294th 580 49.3%
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Rank History for White students at Prices Fork Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 40.47 657th 984 33.2%
2024 57.05 468th 979 52.2%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Virginia Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Open Quote Outstanding, well-resourced, very diverse school that nicely integrates children from professional and low-income rural communities. Several youth in our neighborhood that attended Prices Fork have recently achieved scholarships at prestigious universities -- a testimony in part to the strength of their early education. Close Quote


by a parent
Friday, April 24, 2015

Open Quote The staff of PFES is excellent. My daughter loves her teacher and class, and the PE, music, and art teachers at this school are really great. Mr Young, the music teacher, just won an award for teaching; he's the absolute best and so friendly. All the kindergarten teachers are really great from our experience.

I like the fact that my daughter attends a school that is socioeconomically diverse. Although the test scores for this school are lower than other Blacksburg schools, PFES serves a greater variety of students well and really lifts up students that need that extra help and attention. I'm also pleased that the school 'mainstreams' kids with communicative and developmental disabilities; I think disability is an important part of diversity for people to see and have made normal in everyday life.

We are very happy at PFES. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Prices Fork Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 242 242
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 264 264
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 294 294
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 300 300
1993 284 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1994 285 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 294
1995 214 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 220
1996 214 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 220
1997 217 2 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 220
1998 237 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 247
1999 229 10 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 242
2000 209 8 1 4 0 n/a n/a -4 218
2001 201 9 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 215
2002 203 10 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 221
2003 203 10 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 221
2004 201 6 5 2 4 n/a n/a 2 220
2005 196 6 2 4 5 n/a n/a 0 213
2006 199 10 2 4 2 n/a n/a 1 218
2007 204 13 4 2 0 n/a n/a 3 226
2008 201 4 7 5 0 n/a n/a 8 225
2009 193 2 5 6 2 n/a n/a 8 216
2010 216 5 4 7 2 n/a n/a 4 238
2011 200 3 3 6 0 0 7 0 219
2012 209 3 4 9 0 0 6 0 231
2013 330 16 4 23 0 0 11 0 384
2014 363 17 3 24 0 0 13 0 420
2015 362 18 5 18 2 0 8 0 413
2016 368 22 8 28 1 0 15 0 442
2017 376 19 6 39 1 0 10 0 451
2018 397 20 4 36 2 0 18 0 477
2019 374 13 7 50 1 0 19 0 464
2020 363 15 7 54 1 0 19 0 459
2021 320 13 8 61 0 0 13 0 415
2022 340 19 8 65 0 0 24 0 456
2023 332 13 9 59 0 0 27 0 440
2024 306 20 12 75 1 0 38 0 452

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Prices Fork Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 242 15.6 15.5 n/a
1990 264 15.8 16.7 n/a
1991 294 17.6 16.7 n/a
1992 300 17.9 16.7 n/a
1993 291 16.1 18.1 n/a
1994 294 13.3 n/a 26.9
1995 220 n/a 0.0 22.3
1996 220 n/a 0.0 22.3
1997 220 n/a 0.0 22.7
1998 247 n/a 0.0 32
1999 242 20.6 11.7 38.4
2000 218 n/a 0.0 36.9
2001 215 21.0 10.2 36.3
2002 221 25.0 8.8 29.9
2003 221 25.0 8.8 29.9
2004 220 22.0 10.0 32.1
2005 213 21.0 10.1 35.2
2006 218 23.0 9.5 36.4
2007 226 22.0 10.3 38.6
2008 225 15.3 14.7 40.6
2009 216 14.7 14.7 40.4
2010 238 14.8 16.0 43.6
2011 219 14.5 15.0 44.7
2012 231 17.6 13.0 40.3
2013 384 34.2 11.2 49.7
2014 420 34.9 12.0 51.9
2015 413 36.0 11.4 55.2
2016 442 38.0 11.6 51.8
2017 451 36.5 12.3 51.4
2018 477 33.9 14.0 51.6
2019 464 33.3 13.9 55.4
2020 459 32.8 13.9 56
2021 415 33.1 12.5 n/a
2022 456 30.0 15.1 56.4
2023 440 33.0 13.3 58
2024 452 33.0 13.6 86.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Prices Fork Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 242 15.6 15.5 n/a
1990 264 15.8 16.7 n/a
1991 294 17.6 16.7 n/a
1992 300 17.9 16.7 n/a
1993 291 16.1 18.1 n/a
1994 294 13.3 n/a 26.9
1995 220 n/a 0.0 22.3
1996 220 n/a 0.0 22.3
1997 220 n/a 0.0 22.7
1998 247 n/a 0.0 32
1999 242 20.6 11.7 38.4
2000 218 n/a 0.0 36.9
2001 215 21.0 10.2 36.3
2002 221 25.0 8.8 29.9
2003 221 25.0 8.8 29.9
2004 220 22.0 10.0 32.1
2005 213 21.0 10.1 35.2
2006 218 23.0 9.5 36.4
2007 226 22.0 10.3 38.6
2008 225 15.3 14.7 40.6
2009 216 14.7 14.7 40.4
2010 238 14.8 16.0 43.6
2011 219 14.5 15.0 44.7
2012 231 17.6 13.0 40.3
2013 384 34.2 11.2 49.7
2014 420 34.9 12.0 51.9
2015 413 36.0 11.4 55.2
2016 442 38.0 11.6 51.8
2017 451 36.5 12.3 51.4
2018 477 33.9 14.0 51.6
2019 464 33.3 13.9 55.4
2020 459 32.8 13.9 56
2021 415 33.1 12.5 n/a
2022 456 30.0 15.1 56.4
2023 440 33.0 13.3 58
2024 452 33.0 13.6 86.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Prices Fork Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,035 (12.9%) $7,009 (87.1%) $8,044
2020 $906 (10.7%) $7,562 (89.3%) $8,468
2021 $682 (6.7%) $9,518 (93.3%) $10,199

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Prices Fork Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 652nd of 1105 Elementary schoolsRanks 479th of 1114 Elementary schools
 16%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Prices Fork Elementary)7466.7
 7.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County Public Schools)8675.5
 10.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8269.1
 12.9%
3rd Grade English Reading (Prices Fork Elementary)6260
 2%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Montgomery County Public Schools)7269.5
 2.5%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Virginia)7166.1
 4.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Prices Fork Elementary)8689.3
 3.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County Public Schools)8277.9
 4.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8369.7
 13.3%
4th Grade English Reading (Prices Fork Elementary)8578.2
 6.8%
   4th Grade English Reading (Montgomery County Public Schools)7878.8
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7572.7
 2.3%
5th Grade Mathematics (Prices Fork Elementary)8470.2
 13.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Montgomery County Public Schools)8676.1
 9.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8167
 14%
5th Grade Science (Prices Fork Elementary)7667.2
 8.8%
   5th Grade Science (Montgomery County Public Schools)8172.4
 8.6%
   5th Grade Science (Virginia)7966
 13%
5th Grade English Reading (Prices Fork Elementary)7973.9
 5.2%
   5th Grade English Reading (Montgomery County Public Schools)8075.6
 4.4%
   5th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7871.4
 6.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students464440
 5.2%
African American1313
American Indian10
 100%
Asian79
 28.6%
Hispanic5059
 18%
Pacific Islander00
White374332
 11.2%
Two or More Races1927
 42.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55.4%58%
 2.6%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 452 students attended Prices Fork Elementary.

Prices Fork Elementary ranks 450th of 1114 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Prices Fork Elementary are 68% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% African American, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Prices Fork Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Blacksburg Middle
High : Blacksburg High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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