Enrollment
156
Elementary
DISTRICT 205 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAYSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510169002806
Grayson Highlands
6459 Troutdale Hwy., Troutdale, VA 24378 · (276) 579-2235 · Grayson County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL156 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% 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
10.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
149 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 20 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 91% larger than its 7th grade class (11).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp 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 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% 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 20 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 Grayson Highlands
Grayson Highlands's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Highlands this school | 156 | 95.5% | 82.4% |
| Mountain View Elementary Buena Vista | 154 | 97.4% | 74.4% |
| Fairview Elementary Galax | 146 | 94.5% | 82.4% |
| Millboro Elementary Millboro | 143 | 98.6% | 74.5% |
| Atkins Elementary Atkins | 168 | 99.4% | 68.3% |
| Fancy Gap Elementary Fancy Gap | 130 | 94.6% | 83.8% |
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 Grayson Highlands ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #242 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #221 of 1,111 ▲ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #272 of 1,111 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 156 | #1,141 of 1,176 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #242 of 1,157 |
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
156
+18 (+13%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 184
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 156 | 14.6 | 10.7:1 | 96% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 14.6 | 9.7:1 | 94% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 14.5 | 10.3:1 | 88% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 11 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 10 | 14.7:1 | 68% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 159 | 9 | 17.7:1 | 72% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 16 | 11.5:1 | 73% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grayson Highlands.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (146 to 156); teachers up 47% (10 to 14.6).
About Grayson Highlands
Grayson Highlands is a very small elementary school in Virginia, with an address in Troutdale. The school teaches pre-K through 7 and enrolls 156 students. The school is 69% below the average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Grayson Highlands sits within Grayson County Public Schools, which has 6 schools and 1,561 students.
Of every 100 students at Grayson Highlands, about 90 are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Grayson County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
With 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Roughly 96% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Grayson County is similar, at 94%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grayson Highlands lands at A, ahead of 89% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Grayson Highlands is in the top 10% of Virginia schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.1%. The school's actual rate is 82.4%, 20.3 points higher.
In the surrounding county, Grayson County, median household income comes to about $47,730, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 1,561 students.
Sugar Grove Elementary, about 8.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Grayson Highlands places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Grayson Highlands has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Grayson Highlands had a net gain of 18 students, or 13%. By 2024-25, the school had 10.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.6 in 2020-21.
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Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,287
Census ACS
Median income
$47,730
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grayson County Public Schools
- Grayson County HighHigh · 461 students
- Independence ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Independence MiddleMiddle · 280 students
- Fries ElementaryElementary · 231 students
- Fairview ElementaryElementary · 146 students
- Grayson County High Career & Technical EducationElementary
Nearby schools
- Sugar Grove Elementary8.4 mi · 88
- Piney Creek Elementary9.2 mi · 198
- Smyth County Virtual13.9 mi · 339
- Marion Senior High14.0 mi · 563
- Marion Elementary14.0 mi · 298
- Marion Middle14.1 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Grayson HighlandsWhat is the total enrollment at Grayson Highlands?
Grayson Highlands enrolls approximately 156 students in grades PK-07.
Is Grayson Highlands an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grayson Highlands is an elementary school covering grades PK-07.
How many teachers does Grayson Highlands have?
Grayson Highlands employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Grayson Highlands?
Student demographics at Grayson Highlands are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Grayson Highlands in?
Grayson Highlands is part of Grayson County Public Schools.
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