Max Meadows Elementary

Max Meadows Elementary is one of the small primary schools in Max Meadows, Virginia, part of Wythe County Public Schools, with 201 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 499.

Wythe County Public Schools comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 3,734 students; Max Meadows Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Max Meadows Elementary lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Max Meadows Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 79.3%, a residual of +13.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Wythe County shows median household income runs about $57,745, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wythe County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,734 students), of which Max Meadows Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Fort Chiswell Middle, roughly 3.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Max Meadows Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 79.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 229 students in 2018 compared to 201 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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