Enrollment
130
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510069000244
Fancy Gap Elementary
63 Winding Ridge Rd, Fancy Gap, VA 24328 · (276) 728-7504 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% 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
8.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
123 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 13 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Carroll County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
80.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
83.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 Fancy Gap Elementary
Fancy Gap Elementary's state test result (83.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fancy Gap Elementary this school | 130 | 94.6% | 83.8% |
| Belfast Elementary Rosedale | 141 | 91.5% | 94.1% |
| Millboro Elementary Millboro | 143 | 98.6% | 74.5% |
| Fairview Elementary Galax | 146 | 94.5% | 82.4% |
| Gladesboro Elementary Hillsville | 108 | 92.6% | 81.9% |
| Mountain View Elementary Buena Vista | 154 | 97.4% | 74.4% |
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 Fancy Gap Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #210 of 1,101 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #396 of 1,111 ▼ 167 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #261 of 1,111 ▼ 144 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #1,155 of 1,176 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #254 of 1,157 | #1 of 7 |
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
130
-11 (-8%) vs 2020
+69% since 1990-91, when it was 77
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 130 | 15.7 | 8.3:1 | 95% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 131 | 9.6 | 13.7:1 | 91% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 127 | 9.5 | 13.4:1 | 85% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 8 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 12.2 | 12.3:1 | 41% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 162 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 49% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 49% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | 39% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 77 | 4 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fancy Gap Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (150 to 130); teachers up 29% (12.2 to 15.7).
About Fancy Gap Elementary
Fancy Gap, Virginia, is home to Fancy Gap Elementary, a small elementary school. It enrolled 130 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 74% lower than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
District-wide, Carroll County Public Schools has 9 schools and 3,437 students.
White students are the large majority at Fancy Gap Elementary, with 92% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Fancy Gap Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.3:1, with 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fancy Gap Elementary is 95%.
allk12 grades Fancy Gap Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Virginia, Fancy Gap Elementary is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 83.8% compared with a predicted 62.3%.
Carroll County has about 29,157 residents, and median household income is about $54,484, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 12 public schools in Carroll County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,437.
Gladesboro Elementary is the public school closest to Fancy Gap Elementary, about 4.9 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. On average proficiency, Fancy Gap Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Fancy Gap Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 141 in 2020-21 and 130 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.3:1) than in 2020-21 (17.6:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,157
Census ACS
Median income
$54,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Carroll County HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Carroll County MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Hillsville ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- St. PaulElementary · 304 students
- Gladeville ElementaryElementary · 259 students
- Laurel ElementaryElementary · 199 students
Nearby schools
- Gladesboro Elementary4.9 mi · 108
- Carroll County High5.2 mi · 1,033
- Carroll County Middle5.9 mi · 747
- St. Paul5.9 mi · 304
- Hillsville Elementary6.8 mi · 461
- Oakland Elementary8.4 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Fancy Gap ElementaryHow many students attend Fancy Gap Elementary?
Fancy Gap Elementary enrolls approximately 130 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fancy Gap Elementary serve?
Fancy Gap Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fancy Gap Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fancy Gap Elementary is approximately 8.3:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fancy Gap Elementary?
Fancy Gap Elementary reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fancy Gap Elementary in?
Fancy Gap Elementary is part of Carroll County Public Schools.
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