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Carroll County Middle
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Carroll County Middle
Carroll County Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Hillsville, Virginia, one of the schools within Carroll County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 747 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Carroll County Middle is one of 9 schools operated by Carroll County Public Schools, a district that instructs 3,437 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Carroll County Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carroll County Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 71.8%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Carroll County put median household income runs about $54,484, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Carroll County Middle is one of 12 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 3,437 students).
Carroll County High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carroll County Middle comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Five-year trend. Carroll County Middle's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 747).
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Carroll County at a glance
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- Carroll County HighHigh · 1,033 students
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- Oakland ElementaryElementary · 196 students
- Carroll County HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Hillsville ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Gladesboro ElementaryElementary · 108 students
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- Carroll County Education CenterElementary
- Carroll-Galax Reg Alt Ed Prgm/The RAE CtrElementary
- Carroll County High1.0 mi · 1,033
- Hillsville Elementary2.8 mi · 461
- Fancy Gap Elementary5.9 mi · 130
- Laurel Elementary6.5 mi · 199
- Gladeville Elementary9.1 mi · 259
- Gladesboro Elementary9.1 mi · 108