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Floyd Elementary
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Floyd Elementary
Floyd Elementary operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Floyd, Virginia, part of Floyd County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 7.
Across the 5 schools in Floyd County Public Schools (1,666 students total), Floyd Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Floyd Elementary logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Floyd Elementary records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 81% of students at Floyd Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Floyd Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 60.1%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Floyd County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,191, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Floyd Elementary is one of 5 public schools in Floyd County (combined enrollment of about 1,666 students).
Nearest neighbor: Floyd County High, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Floyd Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.9%.
Floyd Elementary operates from a small-town location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
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Floyd County at a glance
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