Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510252001023
Gilbert Linkous Elementary
813 Toms Creek Rd, Blacksburg, VA 24060 · (540) 951-5726 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
84 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 77.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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%.
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 Gilbert Linkous Elementary
Gilbert Linkous Elementary's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Linkous Elementary this school | 292 | 28.8% | 82.8% |
| Harding Avenue Elementary Blacksburg | 279 | 23.7% | 91.8% |
| Kipps Elementary Blacksburg | 358 | 23.2% | 86.6% |
| Penn Forest Elementary Roanoke | 408 | 28.7% | 89.1% |
| Clearbrook Elementary Roanoke | 320 | 40.0% | 84.9% |
| Washington-Henry Elementary Mechanicsville | 386 | 35.8% | 76.8% |
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 Gilbert Linkous Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #233 of 1,101 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #202 of 1,111 ▼ 14 | #3 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #172 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #4 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #982 of 1,176 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #198 of 1,105 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #742 of 1,106 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #948 of 1,157 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #154 of 759 | #3 of 10 |
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
292
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 584
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 29% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 26% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 24% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 25 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 25.5 | 14.5:1 | 21% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 22% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 584 | 34 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilbert Linkous Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (370 to 292); teachers down 6% (25.5 to 24).
About Gilbert Linkous Elementary
Gilbert Linkous Elementary is an elementary school located in Blacksburg, Virginia, in Montgomery County. The school's enrollment of 292 students covers pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Montgomery County Public Schools enrolls 9,461 students, and its 19 schools include Gilbert Linkous Elementary.
At Gilbert Linkous Elementary, White students make up 67% of the student body. Next come 15% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. The county population is about 82% White. Gilbert Linkous Elementary's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 24 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.2:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 29%. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 16 points.
allk12 grades Gilbert Linkous Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Gilbert Linkous Elementary's results are 2.5 points above predicted: 82.8% against 80.3%.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $72,715, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gilbert Linkous Elementary is one of 23 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Gilbert Linkous Elementary to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Harding Avenue Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The school's 82.8% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Gilbert Linkous Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Gilbert Linkous Elementary had 318 students, to 2024-25, when it had 292.
The Gilbert Linkous Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,101
Census ACS
Median income
$72,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Christiansburg HighHigh · 1,072 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Christiansburg MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Auburn ElementaryElementary · 544 students
- Falling Branch ElementaryElementary · 535 students
Other schools in Blacksburg
- Blacksburg HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Blacksburg MiddleMiddle · 958 students
- Prices Fork ElementaryElementary · 457 students
- Kipps ElementaryElementary · 358 students
- Margaret Beeks ElementaryElementary · 346 students
- Harding Avenue ElementaryElementary · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 279
- Margaret Beeks Elementary1.9 mi · 346
- Kipps Elementary2.3 mi · 358
- Blacksburg Middle2.5 mi · 958
- Blacksburg High2.6 mi · 1,325
- Prices Fork Elementary3.9 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Gilbert Linkous ElementaryHow large is Gilbert Linkous Elementary?
Gilbert Linkous Elementary enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gilbert Linkous Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gilbert Linkous Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gilbert Linkous Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilbert Linkous Elementary is approximately 12.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gilbert Linkous Elementary?
At Gilbert Linkous Elementary, the student body is approximately 67% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Gilbert Linkous Elementary public or private?
Gilbert Linkous Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.