Clintwood Elementary

Clintwood Elementary is one of the close-knit K-5 schools in Clintwood, Virginia, one of the schools within Dickenson County Public Schools, with 273 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Clintwood Elementary sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Clintwood Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Dickenson County Public Schools, a district that serves 2,074 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Clintwood Elementary reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Dickenson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clintwood Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.6%; Clintwood Elementary posts 83.3%, +20.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, Dickenson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,254 per year, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Dickenson County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,074 students), of which Clintwood Elementary is one.

Ridgeview Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Clintwood Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clintwood Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 66.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 6-year window. Clintwood Elementary's enrollment has decreased 46% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 273). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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