Stafford County Virginia Private and Public Schools

For the 2014-2015 school year, the enrollment is 27,462 students and facilities include 30 schools – 17 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, and 5 high schools. Stafford County Public Schools rank 25/131 school districts statewide. Although the school division has experienced rapid growth, the county has maintained its commitment to educational excellence. Support received from the Board of Supervisors and the community have enabled the school division to maintain, improve, and expand school facilities, transportation offerings, and instructional programs. Commitment to an excellent student-teacher ratio has enhanced quality instruction and attention for our children. Significant technology advances ensure students have the opportunity to learn practical work skills in modern facilities. We moved from Prince William County to Stafford County during 1991 for affordable housing and better schools. After our 3 children graduated from Brooke Point and North Stafford high schools, we wouldn’t give Stafford County Public Schools a perfect grade. But we also have few complaints.

Stafford County Private Schools

Stafford County Public Schools

The Stafford County Alvin York Bandy Public Schools Administrative Building at 31 Stafford Avenue Stafford, Virginia 22554.

The main building at the Alvin York Bandy Administrative Complex for Stafford County Public Schools was built across from Stafford County Courthouse in 1926 as Stafford High School. It remained a high school until 1952 when Stafford High School and Falmouth High School combined to form one high school in Stafford County at the current Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle School building on U. S. Route 1 in Falmouth. This was the only high school in Stafford County until North Stafford High School opened in 1981.

Hartwood Elementary is at 14 Shackleford Well Road Hartwood (Fredericksburg), Virginia 22406.

Hartwood Elementary School at 14 Shackleford Well Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406

Hartwood Elementary School was completed in 1966 with renovations and additions in 1989 and 1994. Hartwood Elementary has an award winning STEAM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math). There is a 20:1 student: teacher ratio for grades PK-5 with 850 students. Hartwood Elementary finished 416 of 1093 elementary schools in Virginia. Hartwood Elementary is ranked ninth of seventeen elementary schools in Stafford County, and the student: teacher ratio is 20 to 1. Approximately 38.6% of students receive subsidized lunches.

Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School is at 150 Duffey Drive Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6464.

Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School 150 Duffey Drive Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6464

Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School is ranked 401st of 1,093 elementary schools in Virginia, and ranked 6th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools based on SOL scores. The student: teacher ratio is 18.5 to 1 (6th best) for grades PK-5. There are 814 students enrolled at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School with 49.6% receiving subsidized lunches.

Winding Creek Elementary School is at 475 Winding Creek Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6400.

Winding Creek Elementary School 75 Walpole Street Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6420

Winding Creek Elementary School ranks 374th of 1,093 elementary schools in Virginia. This ranks Winding Creek as third best among 17 elementary schools in Stafford County. There are 730 students (PK-5) attending Winding Creek Elementary School with a student: teacher ratio of 19.3 to 1. Eight elementary schools in Stafford County have better ratios. Approximately 16% of student receive subsidized school lunches.

H. H. Poole Middle School is at 800 Eustace Road Stafford, Virginia 22554-3794 (540) 658-6190

H. H. Poole Middle School 800 Eustace Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 659-6190

H. H. Poole Middle School ranks 71 of 415 middle schools in Virginia, and 2nd among 8 Stafford County middle schools. There are 831 students in grades 6-8. The student: teacher ratio is 13.4 to 1. This is the lowest ratio of all 8 middle schools in Stafford County. Approximately 27% of school lunches at H. H. Poole Middle School are subsidized. H. H. Poole Middle School ranks second among all Stafford County Middle Schools.

Rodney E. Thompson Middle School is at 75 Walpole Drive Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6420.

Rodney E. Thompson Middle School 75 Walpole Drive Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6420

Rodney E. Thompson Middle School is ranked 36th of 415 middle schools in Virginia, and is the best of 8 middle schools in Stafford County according to SOL test scores. There are 1,099 students enrolled in grades 6-8 at Rodney Thompson Middle School. The student-teacher ratio is 16.3 to 1. Five middle schools in Stafford County have better student-teacher ratios. Approximately 13.6% of students receive subsidized lunches.

Stafford County Elementary Schools

  • Kate Waller Barrett 150 Moncure Lane Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6464. The performance results for Kate Waller Barrett are listed above.
  • Margaret Brent 2125 Mountain View Road Stafford, Virginia 22556 (540) 658-6790. PK-5 with 908 students, and a student: teacher ratio of 20.5 to 1. There are 14 Stafford County elementary schools with better ratios. Margaret Brent is ranked 179/1,093 statewide, and 1st of 17 elementary schools in Stafford County.
  • Anthony Burns Austin Ridge subdivision at 60 Gallery Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6800. PK-5 with 753 students, and a student: teacher ratio of 19.3 to 1. There are 8 Stafford County elementary schools with better ratios. Anthony Burns is ranked 660/1,093 statewide, and 16th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Conway 105 Primmer House Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405 (540) 361-1455. PK-5 with 901 students, and a student: teacher ratio of 21.9 to 1. This is the highest ratio of all Stafford County elementary schools. Conway is ranked 585/1,093 statewide, and 14th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Falmouth 1000 Forbes Street Falmouth, Virginia 22405 (540) 373-7458. PK-5 with 583 students, and a student: teacher ratio of 18.1 to 1. This is 4th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Falmouth is ranked 924/1,093 statewide, and last among 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Ferry Farm 20 Pendleton Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405 (540) 373-7366. PK-5 with 636 students, and a student: teacher ratio of 19.8 to 1. This is 12th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Ferry Farm is ranked 345/1,093 statewide, and 2nd of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Garrisonville 100 Wood Drive Stafford, Virginia 22556 (540) 658-6260. PK-5 with 520 students, and student: teacher ratio of 16.2 to 1. This is the best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Garrisonville is ranked 404/1,093 statewide, and 7th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Grafton Village 501 Deacon Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405 (540) 373-5454. PK-5 with 539 students, and student: teacher ratio of 16.8 to 1. This is 2nd best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Grafton Village is ranked 408/1,093 statewide, and 8th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Hampton Oaks 107 Northampton Boulevard Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6280. PK-5 with 850 students, and student: teacher ratio of 18.2 to 1. This is the 5th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Hampton Oaks is ranked 476th/1,093 statewide, and 11th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Hartwood 14 Shackleford Well Road Fredericksburg, Virginia (540) 752-4441. PK-5 with 850 students, and student: teacher ratio of 18.2 to 1. This is the 5th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Hartwood is ranked 476th/1,093 statewide, and 11th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Anne E. Moncure 75 Moncure Lane Stafford, Virginia 22556 (540) 658-6300. PK-5 with 677 students, and student: teacher ratio of 18.8 to 1. This is the 7th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Anne Moncure is ranked 381st/1,093 statewide, and 4th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Park Ridge 2000 Parkway Boulevard Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6320. PK-5 with 506 students, and student: teacher ratio of 18.9 to 1. This is the 8th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Park Ridge is ranked 643rd/1,093 statewide, and 12th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Rockhill 50 Wood Drive Stafford, Virginia 22556 (540) 658-6300. PK-5 with 623 students, and student: teacher ratio of 17.8 to 1. This is the 3rd best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Rockhill is ranked 386th/1,093 statewide, and 5th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Rocky Run 95 Reservoir Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406 (540) 286-1956. PK-5 with 798 students, and student: teacher ratio of 19.9 to 1. This ranks 13th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Rocky Run is ranked 544th/1,093 statewide, and 13th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Stafford 1349 Courthouse Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6340. PK-5 with 433 students, and student: teacher ratio of 19.3 to 1. This is the 9th best of 17 Stafford County elementary schools. Stafford is ranked 433rd/1,093 statewide, and 11th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Widewater 101 Den Rich Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6380. PK-5 with 862 students, and student: teacher ratio of 21 to 1. There are 15 Stafford County elementary schools with better ratios. Widewater is ranked 476th/1,093 statewide, and 15th of 17 Stafford County elementary schools.
  • Winding Creek 475 Winding Creek Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6401. The performance results for Winding Creek are listed above.

Stafford County Middle Schools

  • Edward E. Drew 501 Cambridge Street Falmouth, Virginia 22405 (540) 371-1415. Drew has 491 students attending grades 6-8. Drew ranks 170/415 statewide, and 7th of 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 13.9 to 1. This is the 2nd best ratio of 8 middle schools. Approximately 34.8% of Drew students receive subsidized lunches.
  • Dixon-Smith 503 Deacon Road Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405 (540) 899-0860. Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith features the STEM Program (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Dixon-Smith has 790 students attending grades 6-8. Dixon-Smith ranks 113th/415 statewide, and 3rd of 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 15.3 to 1. This is the 3rd best ratio of 8 middle schools. Approximately 20.3% of Dixon-Smith students receive subsidized lunches.
  • T. Benton Gayle 100 Panther Drive Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406 (540) 373-0383. Gayle has 928 students attending grades 6-8. Gayle ranks 132/415 statewide, and 5th of 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 17 to 1. There are 6 other middle schools in Stafford County with better student/teacher ratios. Approximately 27.3% of Gayle students receive subsidized lunches.
  • H. H. Poole 800 Eustace Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6190. The performance results for H. H. Poole are listed above.
  • Rodney E. Thompson 75 Walpole Street Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6420. The performance results for H. H. Poole are listed above.
  • Shirley C. Heim 320 Telegraph Road Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-5910. Shirley Heim has 907 students attending grades 6-8. Shirley Heim ranks 232/415 statewide, and last among 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 18.5 to 1. This is the highest (worst) ratio of 8 middle schools. Approximately 38% of Shirley Heim students receive subsidized lunches.
  • Stafford 101 Spartan Drive Stafford, Virginia 22554 (540) 658-6210. Stafford has 491 students attending grades 6-8. Stafford ranks 157/415 statewide, and 6th of 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 15.4 to 1. This is the 4th best ratio of 8 middle schools. Approximately 23.6% of Stafford students receive subsidized lunches.
  • A. G. Wright 100 Wood Drive Stafford, Virginia 22556 (540) 658-6240. Andrew G. Wright has 785 students attending grades 6-8. Wright Middle School ranks 115/415 statewide, and 4th of 8 middle schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 15.6 to 1. There are 4 other middle schools with better student-teacher ratios. Approximately 22% of Wright Middle School students receive subsidized lunches.

Stafford County High Schools

Colonial Forge High School Stafford County VirginiaColonial Forge High School (Eagles) at 550 Courthouse Road. Proficiency scores: English: 94%, History: 96.4%, Math: 94.6%, Science: 93.9%. Colonial Forge SOL test scores rank 17th of 322 Virginia public high schools. These scores are the best academic results of high schools in Stafford County. Colonial Forge has the largest enrollment with 1,974 students. The student-teacher ratio is 14 to 1. This is the lowest (best) student-teacher ratio of all high schools in Stafford County. Approximately 15.3% of students attending Colonial Forge receive a subsidized lunch.

 
 

Brooke Point High School Stafford County VirginiaBrooke Point High School (Black-Hawks) at 1700 Courthouse Road Stafford, Virginia 22554. Brooke Point ranks 115/322 high schools statewide, and 4th of the 5 high schools in Stafford County. Proficiency scores: English: 94.6%, History: 89.7%, Math: 88.9%, Science: 94.9%. Brooke Point enrollment has 1,732 students. This is the smallest high school student body in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 14.8 to 1. Three other Stafford County high schools have better ratios. Approximately 23.8% of Brooke Point students receive subsidized lunches.

 
 

Mountain View High School Stafford County VirginiaMountain View High School (Wildcats) at 2135 Mountain View Road Stafford, Virginia 22554. Proficiency scores: English: 94.1%, History: 92.9%, Math: 86.3%, Science: 93.9%. Mountain View SOL test scores rank 34th of 322 Virginia public high schools. Mountain View enrollment has 1,810 students. Mountain View High School ranks 2nd among five high schools in Stafford County. The student-teacher ratio is 16.3 to 1 which is the highest student-teacher ratio in Stafford County. Approximately 13% of Mountain View students receive subsidized lunches.

 
 

Stafford High School Stafford County VirginiaStafford Senior High School (Indians) at 33 Stafford Indian Lane Falmouth, Virginia 22405. Proficiency scores: English: 92.4%, History: 88.7%, Math: 85.8%, Science: 86.4%. Stafford High School SOL test scores rank 94th of 322 Virginia public high schools. These combined test results rank as 3rd of 5 Stafford County high schools. North Stafford enrollment has 1,885 students. The student-teacher ratio is 14.5 to 1. There are 2 Stafford County high schools with better student-teacher ratios. Approximately 19% of Stafford Senior High School students receive subsidized lunches.

 
 

North Stafford High School Stafford County VirginiaNorth Stafford High School (Wolverines) at 839 Garrisonville Road Stafford, Virginia 22556. Proficiency scores: English: 94.5%, History: 89.3%, Math: 73.9%, Science: 88.2%. North Stafford SOL test scores rank 124th of 322 Virginia public high schools. These combined test results are the lowest of all 5 Stafford County high schools. North Stafford enrollment has 1,654 students. The student-teacher ratio is 14.1 to 1 which is the 2nd best of all five Stafford County high schools. Approximately 27.6% of North Stafford students receive subsidized lunches.

 

Stafford Training School – The Rowser Building

The school was built by the Public Works Administration and was the only African American high school in Stafford County operating during the Civil Rights Movement. For a number of years, before the 1950 expansions, 11th and 12th grade students were transported to The Walker-Grant High School in Fredericksburg, because the other high school in the county was for whites only. The Stafford County School Board paid tuition and transportation to attend this accredited high school at Fredericksburg.

The Stafford Training School, also known as H.H. Poole Junior High School, H.H. Poole High School: Stafford Vocational Annex, Rowser Educational Center, and the Rowser Building, is a historic school building for African American students located at Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia. The original section was built in 1939, and enlarged in 1943, 1954, 1958, and 1960. After the 1954 addition, the facility consisted of: eight standard classrooms, a principal’s office, a clinic and teacher’s lounge, library, homemaking department, cafeteria kitchen, combination auditorium-gymnasium, and modern rest rooms.

The Rowser Building was built in 1939 by the Public Works Administration. It was dedicated as the Stafford Training School for Negroes and became the elementary and junior high school for black students during segregation. The construction of a single story rectangular cinderblock building became possible after African-American parents raised money to buy the land for a school under the organization of Henry Harrison Poole. As the Stafford County Supervisor of Negro Schools, Mr. Poole coordinated several black parent-teacher organizations named the ‘County League’ to raise the necessary funds to buy 5 acres of land in order to begin construction.

After a 1954 building addition which included modern heating, flush toilets, and 2 new classrooms; black students could attend 9th and 10th grades at the Stafford Training School, and a 1958 addition added 2 more classrooms, lockers, and showers. This allowed 11th and 12th grade black students to stop taking buses to Walker-Grant School in Fredericksburg, and all black students attending high school in Stafford County were now educated at the Stafford Training School building which became H. H. Poole Middle School in 1954.

The integration of public schools in Stafford County began in 1961 beginning with elementary school students Cynthia and Dorothia Montague successfully enrolling at Stafford Elementary School. Seven years later the U. S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Brown v. Board of Education. Stafford County voluntarily integrated all public schools in 1964.

In August 1962, the first high school integration in the Fredericksburg region occurred when 11th and 12th grade classes at H.H. Poole were transferred to Stafford High School. In 1966, H.H. Poole was closed and opened the same year as the Stafford Vocational Annex which was integrated. In 1976, the building was dedicated as the Rowser Educational Center after the death of Ella Rowser who dedicated 31 years as an African-American educator and principal at H. H. Poole. In 1981, the building became the offices of the Stafford County School Board, and the Superintendent of Stafford County Schools. Stafford County Board of Supervisor meetings were held in the school auditorium until the completion of the George L. Gordon Jr. Government Center next to the court house. In 2003, the Rowser Building was transferred to Stafford County Department of Parks and Recreation. The building is used for offices, and once more as an educational facility with instructional classes open to the public.

On December 13, 2012 the Stafford Training Center became listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register. On February 5, 2013 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Stafford African-American History Mural is hanging at the Rowser Building detailing the struggles and triumphs of African-Americans in Stafford County during the past 350 years.

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