Hillsville Elementary

Set in Hillsville, Virginia, Hillsville Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school, part of Carroll County Public Schools. It teaches 461 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Carroll County Public Schools runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,437 students. Hillsville Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillsville Elementary records that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Hillsville Elementary logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hillsville Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hillsville Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.9%; Hillsville Elementary posts 77.0%, +14.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate median household income runs about $54,484, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Hillsville Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 3,437 students).

The closest other public school is Carroll County High, roughly 2.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillsville Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.0%.

Hillsville Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 515 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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