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Penn Forest Elementary 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
6328 Merriman Rd
Roanoke, VA 24018
Phone
(540) 772-7590
District
Roanoke County Public Schools
County
ROANOKE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
400
Classroom Teachers
30

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.5% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
91%
68%
92%
66%
89%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
71%
88%
73%
92%
70%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
92%
69%
92%
71%
92%
66%
    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
14
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 22 5.5%
Kindergarten 52 13.0%
Grade 1 53 13.3%
Grade 2 80 20.0%
Grade 3 61 15.3%
Grade 4 72 18.0%
Grade 5 60 15.0%
Total 400 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.0% 77.9% 48.2%
Black 6.1% 8.7% 23.2%
Hispanic 6.6% 8.5% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.1% 4.6% 8.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.5% 40.8% 54.2%
Free lunch eligible 23.0% 37.3% 52.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 3.5% 2.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 96,653 8,715,698
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 385.8 218
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.1% 33.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 21.7% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 39,156 3,326,260
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.3% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.5% 41.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.4% 27.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.2% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.4% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.1% 12.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.7% 8.4%
$15,000 or less 6.0% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,671 $105,945,000 62.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $565 $7,807,000 4.6%
Staff $633 $8,740,000 5.1%
General Administration $114 $1,571,000 0.9%
School Administration $685 $9,456,000 5.6%
Operation $1,028 $14,202,000 8.3%
Transportation $420 $5,795,000 3.4%
Other $191 $2,632,000 1.5%
Total Support $3,635 $50,203,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,009 $13,942,000 8.2%
Total Expenditures $12,316 $170,090,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,373 $10,552,865,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $758 $955,427,000 5.0%
Staff $1,079 $1,360,547,000 7.1%
General Administration $220 $277,323,000 1.4%
School Administration $795 $1,002,496,000 5.2%
Operation $1,221 $1,539,444,000 8.0%
Transportation $601 $757,130,000 4.0%
Other $254 $320,067,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,929 $6,212,434,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,880 $2,369,342,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $15,182 $19,134,641,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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