Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510252001014
Belview Elementary
3187 Peppers Ferry Rd, Radford, VA 24141 · (540) 633-3200 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
147 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 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 Belview Elementary
Belview Elementary's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belview Elementary this school | 245 | 60.0% | 63.0% |
| Carrsville Elementary Carrsville | 232 | 69.4% | 81.4% |
| Unionville Elementary Unionville | 256 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Linville-Edom Elementary Linville | 209 | 63.2% | 64.9% |
| Nathanael Greene Elementary Stanardsville | 326 | 69.0% | 58.1% |
| Scottsville Elementary Scottsville | 216 | 72.7% | 49.5% |
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 Belview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #769 of 1,101 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #705 of 1,111 ▲ 147 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #629 of 1,111 ▲ 117 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #1,053 of 1,176 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #78 of 1,105 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #869 of 1,106 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #771 of 1,157 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #314 of 759 | #6 of 10 |
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
245
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 245 | 22.2 | 11.0:1 | 60% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 50% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 52% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 19.5 | 14.6:1 | 57% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 25 | 10.9:1 | 49% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 47% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 216 | 20 | 10.8:1 | 39% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (286 to 245); teachers up 14% (19.5 to 22.2).
About Belview Elementary
The public elementary school Belview Elementary is located in Radford, Virginia. Its enrollment is 245 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Virginia enroll around 499, and this school is 51% below that mark.
Montgomery County Public Schools counts 19 schools and 9,461 students, including Belview Elementary.
The share of White students at Belview Elementary is 74%, a majority. Other students are 9% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Teacher count: 22.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.0:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 2.8 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 15 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.8% for Belview Elementary. The school posts 63.0%, 8.8 points below the prediction.
Looking at the county, Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $72,715, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 9,461 students.
Among nearby public schools, Prices Fork Elementary is closest at about 3.1 miles. Belview Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 77.5%, higher than Belview Elementary's 63.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (250) to 2024-25 (245). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.0:1, from 12.5:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,101
Census ACS
Median income
$72,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Christiansburg HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Christiansburg MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Auburn ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Falling Branch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Radford
- Radford City VirtualCombined · 1,694 students
- Radford HighHigh · 506 students
- Belle Heth ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- McHarg ElementaryElementary · 383 students
- John N. Dalton IntermediateMiddle · 265 students
- Indian Valley ElementaryElementary · 110 students
Nearby schools
- Prices Fork Elementary3.1 mi · 457
- Riverlawn Elementary3.2 mi · 380
- Belle Heth Elementary3.7 mi · 473
- Blacksburg High4.0 mi · 1,325
- Radford High4.0 mi · 506
- John N. Dalton Intermediate4.1 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Belview ElementaryHow large is Belview Elementary?
Belview Elementary enrolls approximately 245 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belview Elementary serve?
Belview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belview Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belview Elementary is approximately 11.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Belview Elementary?
Belview Elementary reports a student body of 74% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Belview Elementary public or private?
Belview Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
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