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What's the one class at St. Paul Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 574 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510408001794
St. Paul Elementary
3200 Deacon Drive, St Paul, VA 24283 · (276) 762-5941 · Wise County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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
11.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
446 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 255% larger than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
15%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
96.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
99.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 99 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 99.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 97.0% |
| 2022-23 | 97.0% | 97.0% |
% 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
97.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 98% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 33 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 St. Paul Elementary
St. Paul Elementary's state test result (97.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul Elementary this school | 514 | 86.8% | 97.6% |
| J.W. Adams Combined Pound | 523 | 85.7% | 90.9% |
| Richlands Elementary Richlands | 576 | 90.5% | 81.8% |
| Wise Primary Wise | 603 | 87.2% | 84.3% |
| Coeburn Primary Coeburn | 420 | 87.6% | 89.8% |
| Hillsville Elementary Hillsville | 461 | 92.4% | 77.0% |
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 St. Paul Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 97.6% | #2 of 1,101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 99.0% | #3 of 1,111 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #10 of 1,111 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #541 of 1,176 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #131 of 1,105 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #1,071 of 1,106 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #406 of 1,157 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +121.6% | #2 of 324 |
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
514
+157 (+44%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 514 | 44.3 | 11.6:1 | 87% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 42.3 | 12.8:1 | 85% (462) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 39.5 | 11.9:1 | 81% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 18.7 | 12.4:1 | 86% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 17 | 12.0:1 | 58% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 55% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 61% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 19 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Paul Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 122% (232 to 514); teachers up 136% (18.7 to 44.3).
About St. Paul Elementary
St. Paul Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in St Paul, Virginia. Federal data show 514 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Wise County Public Schools, which runs St. Paul Elementary, has 11 schools and 5,779 students.
By race and ethnicity, St. Paul Elementary is 92% White. Next come 3% Black and 3% multiracial. In Wise County overall, the White share is about 90%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
St. Paul Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1, with 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 87% at St. Paul Elementary.
St. Paul Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, St. Paul Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 97.6%, against a prediction of 64.5%.
For Wise County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $52,943 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Wise County number 14, with about 5,779 students.
Castlewood High is about 2.6 miles from St. Paul Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around St. Paul Elementary holds 2 other public schools. St. Paul Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes St. Paul Elementary as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 357 to 514. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.6:1.
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Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,448
Census ACS
Median income
$52,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wise County Public Schools
- Union PrimaryElementary · 809 students
- Central HighHigh · 676 students
- Wise PrimaryElementary · 603 students
- Union HighHigh · 564 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 561 students
- J.W. Adams CombinedElementary · 523 students
Other St. Paul Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named St. Paul Elementary. St. Paul Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- St. Paul Elementary SchoolSt. Paul, KS · 148 students
- ST. PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHUNTSVILLE, AR · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Castlewood High2.6 mi · 285
- Castlewood Elementary2.7 mi · 354
- Copper Creek Elementary6.1 mi · 145
- Eastside High9.1 mi · 418
- Coeburn Primary9.2 mi · 420
- Coeburn Middle9.2 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About St. Paul ElementaryHow large is St. Paul Elementary?
St. Paul Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does St. Paul Elementary serve?
St. Paul Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at St. Paul Elementary?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at St. Paul Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Paul Elementary?
At St. Paul Elementary, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees St. Paul Elementary?
St. Paul Elementary is overseen by Wise County Public Schools in Wise County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.