Enrollment
144
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001645
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary
7030 Abb's Valley Road, Bluefield, VA 24605 · (276) 945-5969 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
129 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary this school | 144 | 89.6% | 77.3% |
| Belfast Elementary Rosedale | 141 | 91.5% | 94.1% |
| Fancy Gap Elementary Fancy Gap | 130 | 94.6% | 83.8% |
| Grayson Highlands Troutdale | 156 | 95.5% | 82.4% |
| Millboro Elementary Millboro | 143 | 98.6% | 74.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary Buena Vista | 154 | 97.4% | 74.4% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #390 of 1,101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #147 of 1,111 ▲ 475 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #292 of 1,111 ▲ 206 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #1,149 of 1,176 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #340 of 1,157 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
144
-7 (-5%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 144 | 10.3 | 13.9:1 | 90% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 155 | 12.2 | 12.7:1 | 87% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 139 | 10 | 13.9:1 | 83% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 8.8 | 18.9:1 | 94% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 165 | 10 | 16.5:1 | 72% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 10 | 16.4:1 | 70% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 19 | 11.0:1 | 74% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (167 to 144); teachers up 17% (8.8 to 10.3).
About Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary is a small elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Bluefield. A total of 144 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 71% smaller than average.
Tazewell County Public Schools is responsible for 13 schools, Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary included, with 5,134 students in all.
White students are the large majority at Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary, with 97% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 2% Black. Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary has a diversity index of 5%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary total 10.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.9:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. The school counts 129 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 90%. That is close to the 89% average for public schools in Tazewell County.
The allk12 Grade for Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary is A-. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 63.7%. Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary posts 77.3%, 13.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Across Tazewell County, median household income is about $47,313, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Tazewell County number 14 and enroll about 5,134.
The nearest public school is Dudley Primary, at about 5.5 miles. Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 81.5%, higher than Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary's 77.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary went from 151 students to 144. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.8:1 to 13.9:1.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,624
Census ACS
Median income
$47,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tazewell County Public Schools
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Richlands HighHigh · 557 students
- Tazewell HighHigh · 509 students
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
Other schools in Bluefield
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Graham IntermediateElementary · 404 students
- Graham MiddleMiddle · 339 students
- Dudley PrimaryElementary · 208 students
Nearby schools
- Dudley Primary5.5 mi · 208
- Graham Intermediate6.2 mi · 404
- Graham High6.9 mi · 489
- Graham Middle7.5 mi · 339
- Brushfork Elementary School7.6 mi · 171
- Bluewell Elementary School7.9 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About Abb's Valley-Boissevain ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary?
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary enrolls approximately 144 students in grades PK-05.
Is Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary have?
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary?
Student demographics at Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Who oversees Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary?
Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary is overseen by Tazewell County Public Schools in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.