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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
514
+282 (+122%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.4:1
% White
92%
was 97%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About St. Paul Elementary
St. Paul Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in St Paul, Virginia, one of the schools within Wise County Public Schools, serves 514 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
Wise County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,779 students; St. Paul Elementary is among them.
On demographics, St. Paul Elementary logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, St. Paul Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.5%; St. Paul Elementary posts 97.6%, +33.1 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Wise County shows median household income runs about $52,943, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wise County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,779 students), of which St. Paul Elementary is one.
Castlewood High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around St. Paul Elementary. On composite proficiency, St. Paul Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 75.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 122%: 232 students in 2018 compared to 514 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 97% to 92% over that span.
Inside the community feed, the feed for St. Paul Elementary typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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.