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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 237 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510069000247
Hillsville Elementary
90 Patriot Lane, Hillsville, VA 24343 · (276) 728-7312 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
426 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 44 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Carroll County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What 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 72 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 14 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 Hillsville Elementary
Hillsville Elementary's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsville Elementary this school | 461 | 92.4% | 77.0% |
| Luray Elementary Luray | 474 | 93.5% | 59.4% |
| Coeburn Primary Coeburn | 420 | 87.6% | 89.8% |
| Graham Intermediate Bluefield | 404 | 89.4% | 76.0% |
| Pulaski Elementary Pulaski | 472 | 91.7% | 67.4% |
| Tazewell Primary Tazewell | 405 | 89.6% | N/A |
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 Hillsville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #394 of 1,101 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #613 of 1,111 ▼ 275 | #6 of 7 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #502 of 1,111 ▼ 57 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #673 of 1,176 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #132 of 1,105 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #1,041 of 1,106 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #287 of 1,157 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #433 of 759 | N/A |
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
461
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 461 | 39.6 | 11.6:1 | 92% (426) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 37.4 | 12.5:1 | 93% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 41.5 | 11.4:1 | 86% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 65% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 62% (322) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 54% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 46% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 18 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (515 to 461); teachers up 7% (37 to 39.6).
About Hillsville Elementary
Among the schools in Hillsville, Virginia, is Hillsville Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 461 students.
The district, Carroll County Public Schools, operates 9 schools serving 3,437 students.
Roughly 89% of students at Hillsville Elementary are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hillsville Elementary scores 21%.
The school has 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.6 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Of all students at Hillsville Elementary, 92% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Carroll County is close, at 91%.
Hillsville Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Hillsville Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Virginia. Predicted: 62.9%. Actual: 77.0%.
Carroll County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $54,484, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,437, Hillsville Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carroll County High, is about 2.4 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hillsville Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Hillsville Elementary's location as Rural: Distant.
A 4% increase took enrollment from 444 in 2020-21 to 461 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.8:1 to 11.6:1.
The allk12 page for Hillsville Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,157
Census ACS
Median income
$54,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Carroll County HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Carroll County MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- St. PaulElementary · 304 students
- Gladeville ElementaryElementary · 259 students
- Laurel ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Oakland ElementaryElementary · 196 students
Other schools in Hillsville
- Carroll County HighHigh · 1,033 students
- Carroll County MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Gladesboro ElementaryElementary · 108 students
- Blue Ridge Crossroads Governor's Academy for Technical EducaElementary
- Carroll County Education CenterElementary
- Carroll-Galax Reg Alt Ed Prgm/The RAE CtrElementary
Nearby schools
- Carroll County High2.4 mi · 1,033
- Carroll County Middle2.8 mi · 747
- Fancy Gap Elementary6.8 mi · 130
- Gladesboro Elementary8.4 mi · 108
- Laurel Elementary8.7 mi · 199
- Jackson Memorial Elementary10.7 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsville ElementaryHow many students attend Hillsville Elementary?
Hillsville Elementary enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hillsville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillsville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hillsville Elementary?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Hillsville Elementary.
How diverse is Hillsville Elementary?
Hillsville Elementary reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Hillsville Elementary public or private?
Hillsville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.