Tangier Combined

As a tiny unified-grade school in Tangier, Virginia, Tangier Combined serves 38 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by Accomack County Public Schools. That puts it 95% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 838 students.

Accomack County Public Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,623 students. Tangier Combined is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Tangier Combined logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). By comparison, Accomack County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Tangier Combined tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Tangier Combined sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.6%; actual is 81.8%, +20.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Accomack County put median household earnings sit near $58,993, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Accomack County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,623 students), Tangier Combined is one campus in the mix.

Carter G Woodson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.9 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tangier Combined ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.

Tangier Combined operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Tangier Combined's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 60 (now 38). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 6.2:1 in 2018 to 4.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.