Other / mixed grade configuration · Clear Brook, VA

Stonewall Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Stonewall Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 52/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 510147000659
0/100100/10052/100
👥 S:T ratio
48
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
22
📋 Attendance
68
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Stonewall Elementary earns 52/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Virginia median.

52
Resource Index · Higher
13:1
students per teacher
69.1%
free-lunch eligible
391
students enrolled

Stonewall Elementary has class sizes near the Virginia median. Computed live against every Virginia school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

391

Virginia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

30.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

13:1

vs 13.9:1 Virginia avg

-6% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

69.1%

vs 57.6% Virginia avg

+20% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Stonewall Elementary compares with Virginia and U.S. medians

At or below state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Stonewall Elementary

Stonewall Elementary is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Clear Brook, Virginia, enrolling 391 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 13:1 puts it in the smaller third of Virginia schools by student-teacher ratio.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 69.1% lands close to the Virginia typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 391 puts it in the smaller third of Virginia schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 1,868 scored Virginia schools.

Against 230 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #90.

Its student body is led by White (54%) and Hispanic or Latino (40%) (diversity index 54/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 391 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

13.0% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Frederick County Public Schools also operates Sherando High (1,631 students) and Millbrook High (1,550 students) alongside Stonewall Elementary.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Stonewall Elementary compares

Stonewall Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Virginia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Virginia Virginia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 13:1 ▼ 6% 13.9:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 69.1% ▲ 20% 57.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 391 top 75% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

13:1
Leaner classes than 67% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
391
Bigger than 46% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
69.1%
free-lunch eligible - 20% above the Virginia average of 57.6%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
13:1
students per teacher - 6% below state mean
Top 36% in Virginia - lower ratio than 64% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
13.0%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$13,938
per pupil, district-wide - below Virginia avg of $14,649
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 391 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 54.2%
Hispanic or Latino 40.4%
Two or More 3.3%
Asian 1.3%
African American 0.8%

Largest group: White at 54.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 54.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 54.2, Stonewall Elementary is about as mixed as the Virginia school average of 53.7.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Frederick County Public Schools, which includes Stonewall Elementary.

$13,938
Per student
-5%
vs Virginia
Avg $14,649
-16%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 52.4%
State 39.5%
Federal 8.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Stonewall Elementary Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Sherando High Larger Lower economic need Similar S:T ratio
Millbrook High Larger Lower economic need Similar S:T ratio
James Wood High Larger Lower economic need Similar S:T ratio
James Wood Middle Larger Lower economic need Higher S:T ratio
Robert E. Aylor Middle Larger Lower economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Stonewall Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Frederick County Public Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Virginia, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Stonewall Elementary's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Stonewall Elementary

How many students attend Stonewall Elementary?

Stonewall Elementary has 391 students enrolled. It is a public school in Clear Brook, VA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Stonewall Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Stonewall Elementary is 13:1, which is 6% lower than the Virginia average of 13.9:1 and 17% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Stonewall Elementary?

69.1% of students at Stonewall Elementary are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Virginia average of 57.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Stonewall Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Stonewall Elementary is White at 54.2% of enrollment, in Clear Brook, VA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 54.2/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Stonewall Elementary?

Stonewall Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 52/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Stonewall Elementary a good school?

Stonewall Elementary earns 52/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Virginia median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Frederick County Public Schools?

Besides Stonewall Elementary, Frederick County Public Schools also operates Sherando High (1,631 students), Millbrook High (1,550 students), and James Wood High (1,462 students). See the Frederick County Public Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

View saved

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.