Snowville Elementary

Snowville Elementary is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in Hiwassee, Virginia, one of the schools within Pulaski County Public Schools, with 201 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 499.

Across the 8 schools in Pulaski County Public Schools (4,385 students total), Snowville Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Snowville Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% multiracial. Compared to Pulaski County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Snowville Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Snowville Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Snowville 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 63.0%; this one delivers 82.8%, a residual of +19.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household income runs about $62,028, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Snowville Elementary is one of 10 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 4,385 students).

Radford City Virtual is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Snowville Elementary at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 72.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 30%: 155 students in 2018 compared to 201 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 97% to 90%.

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