St. Paul

St. Paul operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Cana, Virginia, run under Carroll County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades pre-K through 7. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Carroll County Public Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 3,437 students, St. Paul is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, St. Paul lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, St. Paul records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting St. Paul tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at St. Paul qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, St. Paul performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.5%, the actual is 73.4%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Carroll County put the typical household earns roughly $54,484 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Carroll County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,437 students), of which St. Paul is one.

Fancy Gap Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts St. Paul at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 59.4%.

St. Paul operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. Paul has fell 14%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.