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Christiansburg Elementary
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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 78 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Christiansburg Elementary
Christiansburg Elementary operates as a modestly sized primary school in Christiansburg, Virginia, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 401 students spanning grades 3 through 5.
Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 9,461 students; Christiansburg Elementary is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Christiansburg Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Christiansburg Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Christiansburg Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.0%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) logs that median household income runs about $72,715, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Montgomery County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,461 students), Christiansburg Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Christiansburg Primary, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Christiansburg Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 75.9%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Christiansburg Elementary has ticked down 7%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Christiansburg Elementary typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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