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Penn Forest Elem School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
6328 Merriman Rd
Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone
(540) 772-7590
District
ROANOKE CO PBLC SCHS
County
ROANOKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
438
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.6% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Penn Forest Elem School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
92%
76%
92%
71%
92%
82%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
79%
82%
75%
87%
83%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
92%
80%
87%
78%
97%
82%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 18 4.1%
Kindergarten 72 16.4%
Grade 1 59 13.5%
Grade 2 69 15.8%
Grade 3 63 14.4%
Grade 4 87 19.9%
Grade 5 70 16.0%
Total 438 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.9% 79.7% 49.4%
Black 4.5% 8.1% 23.6%
Hispanic 4.8% 7.5% 18.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.6% 4.6% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 94,103 8,642,274
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 375.3 215
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.9% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 21.6% 15.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 38,234 3,248,528
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.3% 90.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.0% 40.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.7% 22.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.2% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.6% 15.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.7% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 6.1% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,941 $98,013,861 59.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $487 $6,876,927 4.2%
Staff $565 $7,978,365 4.9%
General Administration $103 $1,454,463 0.9%
School Administration $596 $8,416,116 5.1%
Operation $905 $12,779,505 7.8%
Transportation $388 $5,478,948 3.3%
Other $159 $2,245,239 1.4%
Total Support $3,203 $45,229,563 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,453 $20,517,813 12.5%
Total Expenditures $11,598 $163,775,358 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,902 $9,890,635,938 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $671 $840,312,189 4.6%
Staff $910 $1,138,421,795 6.2%
General Administration $210 $263,435,469 1.4%
School Administration $761 $952,411,020 5.2%
Operation $1,164 $1,456,987,325 8.0%
Transportation $687 $859,290,947 4.7%
Other $222 $277,488,103 1.5%
Total Support $4,625 $5,788,221,803 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,047 $2,562,527,216 14.0%
Total Expenditures $14,574 $18,241,285,149 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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