Rhea Valley Elementary

Rhea Valley Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in Meadowview, Virginia, operated by Washington County Public Schools, educateing 404 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Washington County Public Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 7,270 students, Rhea Valley Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rhea Valley Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rhea Valley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.4%.

Around the school, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $64,552, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Washington County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,270 students), Rhea Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Holston High, roughly 2.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Rhea Valley Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rhea Valley Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 78.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Rhea Valley Elementary's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 404). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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