Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510144000634
Callaway Elementary
8451 Callaway Rd, Callaway, VA 24067 · (540) 483-0364 · Franklin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest 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
10.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
163 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 | 17 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
33%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
90.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% 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 27 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 Callaway Elementary
Callaway Elementary's state test result (90.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway Elementary this school | 185 | 88.1% | 90.6% |
| Big Island Elementary Big Island | 182 | 82.4% | 74.3% |
| Moneta Elementary Moneta | 218 | 87.2% | 80.9% |
| North River Elementary Mount Solon | 222 | 88.3% | 61.4% |
| Glade Hill Elementary Glade Hill | 227 | 87.2% | 72.1% |
| Snowville Elementary Hiwassee | 201 | 92.0% | 82.8% |
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 Callaway Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #42 of 1,101 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #65 of 1,111 ▲ 191 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #122 of 1,111 ▲ 108 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,116 of 1,176 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #377 of 1,157 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #103 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
185
+21 (+13%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 207
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 185 | 18.3 | 10.1:1 | 88% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 16.1 | 11.2:1 | 81% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 14.5 | 11.7:1 | 76% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 15 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 61% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 14 | 18.6:1 | 61% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 55% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 14 | 17.8:1 | 34% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 207 | 13 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Callaway Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (244 to 185); teachers up 14% (16 to 18.3).
About Callaway Elementary
Callaway Elementary is a small elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Callaway. The school serves 185 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Franklin County Public Schools has 6,540 students spread across 14 schools.
The student body at Callaway Elementary is 81% White. Other reported shares: 10% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 10.1 students per teacher and 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.7 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 88%. For comparison, public schools in Franklin County average 86%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Callaway Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Callaway Elementary beats its 64.1% prediction with 90.6%, a top-10% result in Virginia.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, the median household income is $68,849, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County is home to 14 public schools and about 6,540 public school students.
The closest public school, Ferrum Elementary, is about 6.2 miles from Callaway Elementary. There are 6 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Callaway Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment grew 13% from its 2020-21 level of 164.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Callaway Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Callaway Elementary. Callaway Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Callaway Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GA · 677 students
- Callaway Elementary SchoolLaGrange, GA · 638 students
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 622 students
- Callaway ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 231 students
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCALLAWAY, NE · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Ferrum Elementary6.2 mi · 281
- Check Elementary6.6 mi · 277
- Boones Mill Elementary8.5 mi · 290
- Benjamin Franklin Middle9.0 mi · 1,382
- Franklin County High9.3 mi · 1,880
- Lee M. Waid Elementary9.4 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Callaway ElementaryHow many students attend Callaway Elementary?
Callaway Elementary enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-05.
Is Callaway Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Callaway Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Callaway Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Callaway Elementary is approximately 10.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Callaway Elementary?
At Callaway Elementary, the student body is approximately 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is Callaway Elementary public or private?
Callaway Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin County Public Schools.
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