Elementary · Virginia

Waterman Elementary

Free meals for all

Waterman Elementary, a public elementary school in Harrisonburg, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 557 students, 14.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Harrisonburg City Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 557
Teachers (FTE): 38.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

More students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 61% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Larger than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Harrisonburg City Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Harrisonburg City Public Schools.

Location

Address: 451 Chicago Ave, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Phone: (540)434-8352
City or town: Harrisonburg
County: Harrisonburg city

Quality of life in Harrisonburg Schools in Harrisonburg

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Spotswood ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	468	14.2	1.2 mi
Keister ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	475	14.8	1.3 mi
Bluestone ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	566	14.5	1.8 mi
Mountain View ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	411	13.7	2.2 mi
Smithland ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	514	13.2	2.3 mi
Stone Spring ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	554	14.8	2.7 mi

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 510186000787