Graham Intermediate

Graham Intermediate is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in Bluefield, Virginia, run under Tazewell County Public Schools, with 404 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5.

Tazewell County Public Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,134 students; Graham Intermediate is among them.

In terms of who attends, Graham Intermediate lists that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest consists of 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Graham Intermediate records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at Graham Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Graham Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 76.0%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the broader community, Tazewell County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,313 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tazewell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students), of which Graham Intermediate is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dudley Primary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Graham Intermediate.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Graham Intermediate has increased 44%, going from 280 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.