Pre-K · Virginia
North Star Early Childhood Education Center
Free meals for allNorth Star Early Childhood Education Center, a public pre-k school in Stafford, Virginia: grade pre-k, 264 students, 8.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with pre-K centers of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 264
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.0
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- Grades
- Pre-K
- Pre-K
Fewer students per teacher than 82% of pre-K centers in Virginia
Median 11.2 · 34 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 88% of pre-K centers in the US
Median 16.0 · 1,186 schools compared
Larger than 76% of pre-K centers in Virginia
Median 176 · 34 schools compared
Larger than 84% of pre-K centers in the US
Median 117 · 1,436 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Pre-K · Grade Pre-K
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Stafford County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 101 Shepherds Way, Stafford, VA 22556
- Phone
- (540)368-2559
- City or town
- Vista Woods
- County
- Stafford County
Nearby pre-K centers
The closest public pre-K centers by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 280 | 9.7 | |
Walker-Grant Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 149 | 18.6 |
| Pre-K | 236 | 11.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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