Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001648
Cedar Bluff Elementary
1089 Cedar Valley Drive, Cedar Bluff, VA 24609 · (276) 963-5765 · Tazewell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-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
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
282 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
9%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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
84.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 21 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 Cedar Bluff Elementary
Cedar Bluff Elementary's state test result (84.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Bluff Elementary this school | 308 | 91.6% | 84.6% |
| Lebanon Elementary Lebanon | 292 | 89.7% | 69.8% |
| Elk Knob Elementary Pennington Gap | 291 | 87.6% | 72.5% |
| Castlewood Elementary Castlewood | 354 | 91.5% | 63.3% |
| St. Paul Cana | 304 | 94.1% | 73.4% |
| Lebanon Primary Lebanon | 267 | 94.4% | N/A |
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 Cedar Bluff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.6% | #185 of 1,101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #583 of 1,111 ▼ 441 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #176 of 1,111 ▼ 68 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #961 of 1,176 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #565 of 1,105 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #1,091 of 1,106 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #301 of 1,157 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #64 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
308
-76 (-20%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 308 | 22 | 14.0:1 | 92% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 86% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 83% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 20.5 | 20.8:1 | 52% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 45% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 27 | 20.1:1 | 43% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 30 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Bluff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (427 to 308); teachers up 7% (20.5 to 22).
About Cedar Bluff Elementary
As a small elementary school, Cedar Bluff Elementary serves students in Cedar Bluff, Virginia. It reported 308 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Tazewell County Public Schools has 5,134 students spread across 13 schools.
The share of students at Cedar Bluff Elementary who are White is 95%. Tazewell County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 9%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Bluff Elementary is 14.0:1, based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Tazewell County is similar, at 89%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Cedar Bluff Elementary outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cedar Bluff Elementary is in the top 10% of Virginia schools: 84.6% actual against 63.2% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Tazewell County show that median household income comes to about $47,313, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 14, with about 5,134 students.
Cedar Bluff Elementary's nearest public school is Richlands High (about 0.9 miles). There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cedar Bluff Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
In 2020-21, Cedar Bluff Elementary enrolled 384 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 308. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 14.0:1.
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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 Cedar Bluff Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cedar Bluff Elementary. Cedar Bluff Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cedar Bluff ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 1,047 students
Nearby schools
- Richlands High0.9 mi · 557
- Richlands Middle1.0 mi · 447
- Richlands Elementary1.1 mi · 576
- Swords Creek Elementary9.2 mi · 93
- Belfast Elementary9.4 mi · 141
- Honaker Elementary11.1 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Bluff ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cedar Bluff Elementary?
Cedar Bluff Elementary enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cedar Bluff Elementary serve?
Cedar Bluff Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Cedar Bluff Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cedar Bluff Elementary?
Student demographics at Cedar Bluff Elementary are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Bluff Elementary in?
Cedar Bluff Elementary is part of Tazewell County Public Schools.
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