Gladesboro Elementary

Located at 7845 Snake Creek, in Hillsville, Virginia, Gladesboro Elementary is a micro-enrollment primary school that serves 108 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Carroll County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 499.

Carroll County Public Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,437 students; Gladesboro Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Gladesboro Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Gladesboro Elementary records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Gladesboro Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gladesboro Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.9%; this one delivers 81.9%, a residual of +19.0 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate median household income runs about $54,484, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Carroll County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,437 students), of which Gladesboro Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fancy Gap Elementary, around 4.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Gladesboro Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 73.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 128 students in 2018 compared to 108 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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