Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510315001341
Snowville Elementary
4858 Lead Mine Rd, Hiwassee, VA 24347 · (540) 643-0766 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% 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
12.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
185 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 15 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pulaski County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +16.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 Snowville Elementary
Snowville Elementary's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowville Elementary this school | 201 | 92.0% | 82.8% |
| Laurel Elementary Austinville | 199 | 91.5% | 72.6% |
| Dudley Primary Bluefield | 208 | 88.0% | N/A |
| Fries Elementary Fries | 231 | 95.7% | 69.1% |
| Callaway Elementary Callaway | 185 | 88.1% | 90.6% |
| Sharon Elementary Clifton Forge | 216 | 84.3% | 91.0% |
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 Snowville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #234 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #208 of 1,111 ▲ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #249 of 1,111 ▲ 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #1,104 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #185 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #1,061 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #298 of 1,157 |
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
201
+18 (+10%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 102
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 201 | 16.7 | 12.1:1 | 92% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 15.7 | 13.6:1 | 92% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 15.8 | 13.7:1 | 78% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 183 | 14 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 155 | 13.7 | 11.3:1 | 54% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 158 | 14 | 11.3:1 | 43% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 16 | 12.9:1 | 41% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 14 | 14.6:1 | 34% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 102 | 7 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Snowville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (155 to 201); teachers up 22% (13.7 to 16.7).
About Snowville Elementary
Snowville Elementary is an elementary school in Hiwassee, Virginia, and it is part of Pulaski County Public Schools. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 201 students. Enrollment is 60% lower than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
Pulaski County Public Schools runs Snowville Elementary along with 7 other schools, enrolling 4,385 students in total.
White students make up 90% of enrollment at Snowville Elementary. The remaining students are 6% multiracial. For comparison, Pulaski County is about 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 12.1 students per teacher and 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 92%. That tracks the 91% average for public schools in Pulaski County.
allk12 grades Snowville Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Snowville Elementary is +19.7 points, in the top 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 82.8%, and the predicted rate is 63.0%.
Within Pulaski County, the median household income is $62,028, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Pulaski County has 10 public schools and roughly 4,385 students.
Radford City Virtual is the public school closest to Snowville Elementary, about 6.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Snowville Elementary is 1st of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Snowville Elementary is Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 13.1:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,687
Census ACS
Median income
$62,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
4,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pulaski County Public Schools
- Pulaski County Senior HighHigh · 1,159 students
- Pulaski County MiddleMiddle · 825 students
- Pulaski County Public Schools Virtual School K-12Combined · 521 students
- Pulaski ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Critzer ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- Dublin ElementaryElementary · 411 students
Nearby schools
- Radford City Virtual6.8 mi · 1,694
- McHarg Elementary6.8 mi · 383
- Dublin Elementary7.2 mi · 411
- Belle Heth Elementary7.8 mi · 473
- John N. Dalton Intermediate7.8 mi · 265
- Radford High7.9 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Snowville ElementaryHow large is Snowville Elementary?
Snowville Elementary enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-05.
Is Snowville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Snowville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Snowville Elementary?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Snowville Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Snowville Elementary?
Student demographics at Snowville Elementary are roughly 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Snowville Elementary public or private?
Snowville Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pulaski County Public Schools.
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