Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYTHE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510411001804
Rural Retreat Elementary
100 Martha Debord Way, Rural Retreat, VA 24386 · (276) 686-4125 · Wythe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest 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
13.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
283 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
10%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% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp 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 91 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% 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 20 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 Rural Retreat Elementary
Rural Retreat Elementary's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Retreat Elementary this school | 350 | 80.9% | 86.1% |
| Flatwoods Elementary Jonesville | 336 | 84.2% | 72.5% |
| Weber City Elementary Weber City | 380 | 75.8% | 87.4% |
| Rhea Valley Elementary Meadowview | 404 | 76.0% | 78.4% |
| Bland County Elementary Bland | 301 | 75.4% | 70.1% |
| Check Elementary Check | 277 | 81.9% | 62.5% |
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 Rural Retreat Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Wythe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #135 of 1,101 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #99 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #87 of 1,111 ▲ 103 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #915 of 1,176 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #411 of 1,105 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,086 of 1,106 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.9% | #489 of 1,157 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #582 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
350
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 350 | 26.3 | 13.3:1 | 81% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 26.5 | 13.6:1 | 77% (279) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 25.8 | 14.1:1 | 75% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 21.8 | 17.1:1 | 52% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 50% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 35% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rural Retreat Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (373 to 350); teachers up 21% (21.8 to 26.3).
About Rural Retreat Elementary
Among the schools in Rural Retreat, Virginia, is Rural Retreat Elementary, a small elementary school. It enrolled 350 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
Wythe County Public Schools has 3,734 students in 12 schools, and Rural Retreat Elementary is one of those schools.
Most students at Rural Retreat Elementary are White: 95% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. Rural Retreat Elementary has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Rural Retreat Elementary counts 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.3 students for each one. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. About 81% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Wythe County, the average is about the same, 81%.
Rural Retreat Elementary is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Rural Retreat Elementary is 20.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Virginia.
Wythe County has about 28,188 residents, and median household income is about $57,745, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Wythe County number 14 and enroll about 3,734.
Rural Retreat Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 86.1% is above the 78.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Rural Retreat Elementary the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 350, close to the 342 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.3:1.
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Wythe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,188
Census ACS
Median income
$57,745
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wythe County Public Schools
- Spiller ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- George Wythe HighHigh · 421 students
- Fort Chiswell HighHigh · 411 students
- Fort Chiswell MiddleMiddle · 319 students
- Scott Memorial MiddleMiddle · 305 students
- Rural Retreat HighHigh · 300 students
Other schools in Rural Retreat
- Rural Retreat HighHigh · 300 students
- Rural Retreat MiddleMiddle · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Rural Retreat Middle0.9 mi · 236
- Rural Retreat High0.9 mi · 300
- Speedwell Elementary8.0 mi · 123
- Atkins Elementary9.0 mi · 168
- George Wythe High9.3 mi · 421
- Scott Memorial Middle9.3 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Rural Retreat ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rural Retreat Elementary?
Rural Retreat Elementary enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rural Retreat Elementary serve?
Rural Retreat Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rural Retreat Elementary have?
Rural Retreat Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rural Retreat Elementary?
At Rural Retreat Elementary, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Rural Retreat Elementary public or private?
Rural Retreat Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wythe County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.