Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510144000632
Boones Mill Elementary
265 Taylors Rd, Boones Mill, VA 24065 · (540) 334-4000 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
248 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Franklin County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Boones Mill Elementary
Boones Mill Elementary's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boones Mill Elementary this school | 290 | 85.5% | 71.8% |
| Dudley Elementary Wirtz | 317 | 88.0% | 74.5% |
| Ferrum Elementary Ferrum | 281 | 89.0% | 74.1% |
| Callaghan Elementary Covington | 270 | 83.3% | 78.3% |
| Check Elementary Check | 277 | 81.9% | 62.5% |
| Stanley Elementary Stanley | 337 | 90.5% | 69.0% |
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 Boones Mill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #534 of 1,101 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #597 of 1,111 ▼ 197 | #9 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #731 of 1,111 ▼ 163 | #11 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #987 of 1,176 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #574 of 1,105 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #997 of 1,106 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #422 of 1,157 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #308 of 759 | N/A |
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
290
+16 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 290 | 20.7 | 14.0:1 | 86% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 19.2 | 14.0:1 | 77% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 19.3 | 14.1:1 | 75% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 19 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 21.8 | 15.6:1 | 45% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | 43% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 29% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 27% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 15 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boones Mill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (339 to 290); teachers down 5% (21.8 to 20.7).
About Boones Mill Elementary
Boones Mill Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in Boones Mill, Virginia. The school enrolls 290 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 42% smaller than that.
Boones Mill Elementary is one of the 14 schools that make up Franklin County Public Schools (6,540 students in total).
The large majority of students at Boones Mill Elementary, 84%, are White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial and 7% Hispanic. That is close to the 86% White share among all Franklin County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Boones Mill Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Federal data list 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Boones Mill Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.0:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 86%. That is close to the 86% average for public schools in Franklin County.
The allk12 Grade for Boones Mill Elementary is B. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% 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 score about 64.8%. Boones Mill Elementary scores 71.8%.
Census estimates describe Franklin County this way: median household income is about $68,849, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Franklin County number 14 and enroll about 6,540.
Benjamin Franklin Middle is the closest public school, about 5.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Boones Mill Elementary places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 274 in 2020-21 and 290 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
55,130
Census ACS
Median income
$68,849
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,540 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin County Public Schools
- Franklin County HighHigh · 1,880 students
- Benjamin Franklin MiddleMiddle · 1,382 students
- Windy Gap ElementaryElementary · 391 students
- Lee M. Waid ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- Dudley ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Rocky Mount ElementaryElementary · 296 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Middle5.6 mi · 1,382
- Rocky Mount Elementary6.1 mi · 296
- Burnt Chimney Elementary6.3 mi · 266
- Windy Gap Elementary6.4 mi · 391
- Franklin County High6.6 mi · 1,880
- Lee M. Waid Elementary7.1 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Boones Mill ElementaryHow large is Boones Mill Elementary?
Boones Mill Elementary enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is Boones Mill Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boones Mill Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Boones Mill Elementary have?
Boones Mill Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Boones Mill Elementary?
Boones Mill Elementary reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Boones Mill Elementary in?
Boones Mill Elementary is part of Franklin County Public Schools.
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