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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510408001790
J.W. Adams Combined
10824 Orby Cantrell Hwy, Pound, VA 24279 · (276) 796-5419 · Wise County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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
12.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
448 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 | 56 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 95% larger than its 8th grade class (41).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
90.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 26 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 J.W. Adams Combined
J.W. Adams Combined's state test result (90.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Adams Combined this school | 523 | 85.7% | 90.9% |
| St. Paul Elementary St Paul | 514 | 86.8% | 97.6% |
| Wise Primary Wise | 603 | 87.2% | 84.3% |
| Spiller Elementary Wytheville | 615 | 82.4% | 74.6% |
| Goodview Elementary Goodview | 504 | 82.9% | 76.4% |
| Coeburn Primary Coeburn | 420 | 87.6% | 89.8% |
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 J.W. Adams Combined ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #40 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #57 of 1,111 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #86 of 1,111 ▼ 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #521 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #270 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #1,051 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #420 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #81 of 324 |
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
523
+73 (+16%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 523 | 41.6 | 12.6:1 | 86% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 41.2 | 12.4:1 | 86% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 41.3 | 12.2:1 | 83% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 34 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 34.4 | 13.3:1 | 84% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 58% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 58% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 52% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 32 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.W. Adams Combined.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (457 to 523); teachers up 21% (34.4 to 41.6).
About J.W. Adams Combined
J.W. Adams Combined runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Pound, Virginia. Enrolled students number 523 students, in pre-K through 8.
J.W. Adams Combined is part of Wise County Public Schools, where 11 schools serve 5,779 students.
Federal enrollment data show J.W. Adams Combined is 90% White. The school is also 4% Black, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 90% White share among all Wise County residents. J.W. Adams Combined's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
At J.W. Adams Combined, 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 86% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for J.W. Adams Combined is A+. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for J.W. Adams Combined is 64.8%. It actually posts 90.9%, which is 26.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
Wise County has these Census figures: the median household income is $52,943, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Wise County has 14 public schools and roughly 5,779 students.
The closest other public school is Jenkins Independent School, about 4.3 miles away. Within ten miles are 6 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, J.W. Adams Combined ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is up 16% from 2020-21, when J.W. Adams Combined had 450 students, to 2024-25, when it had 523.
The J.W. Adams Combined community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,448
Census ACS
Median income
$52,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wise County Public Schools
- Union PrimaryElementary · 809 students
- Central HighHigh · 676 students
- Wise PrimaryElementary · 603 students
- Union HighHigh · 564 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 561 students
- St. Paul ElementaryElementary · 514 students
Nearby schools
- Jenkins Independent School4.3 mi · 453
- Fleming Neon Middle School8.4 mi · 131
- Martha Jane Potter Elementary School8.4 mi · 273
- Clintwood Elementary9.2 mi · 273
- L.F. Addington Middle9.5 mi · 387
- Wise Primary9.6 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About J.W. Adams CombinedHow large is J.W. Adams Combined?
J.W. Adams Combined enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-08.
Is J.W. Adams Combined an elementary, middle, or high school?
J.W. Adams Combined is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does J.W. Adams Combined have?
J.W. Adams Combined employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at J.W. Adams Combined?
Student demographics at J.W. Adams Combined are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is J.W. Adams Combined in?
J.W. Adams Combined is part of Wise County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.