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Which teacher or staff member at COEBURN PRIMARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510408001788
Coeburn Primary
332 School House Hill Dr., Coeburn, VA 24230 · (276) 395-6100 · Wise County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
368 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
95.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 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 up about 6 points.
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
89.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% 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 26 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
420
-37 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.2:1
% White
88%
was 97%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
4%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Coeburn Primary
Coeburn Primary is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Coeburn, Virginia, run under Wise County Public Schools, enrolling 420 students in grades pre-K through 4.
Coeburn Primary is one of 11 schools operated by Wise County Public Schools, a district that educates 5,779 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Coeburn Primary shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Coeburn Primary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Coeburn Primary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Coeburn Primary sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.3%; actual is 89.8%, +25.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Around the school, census data for Wise County shows median household income runs about $52,943, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Wise County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,779 students), of which Coeburn Primary is one.
Nearest neighbor: Eastside High, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Coeburn Primary. On composite proficiency, Coeburn Primary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 83.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 457 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 97% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.
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Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,448
Census ACS
Median income
$52,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wise County Public Schools
- Union PrimaryElementary · 809 students
- Central HighHigh · 676 students
- Wise PrimaryElementary · 603 students
- Union HighHigh · 564 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 561 students
- J.W. Adams CombinedElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Coeburn
- Eastside HighHigh · 418 students
- Coeburn MiddleMiddle · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside High0.2 mi · 418
- Coeburn Middle0.2 mi · 304
- L.F. Addington Middle6.2 mi · 387
- Wise Primary6.2 mi · 603
- Central High7.2 mi · 676
- Dungannon Elementary8.1 mi · 131
Frequently asked questions
About Coeburn PrimaryHow large is Coeburn Primary?
Coeburn Primary enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-04.
Is Coeburn Primary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Coeburn Primary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coeburn Primary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coeburn Primary is approximately 12.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coeburn Primary?
At Coeburn Primary, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Coeburn Primary public or private?
Coeburn Primary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wise County Public Schools.
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