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Enrollment
618
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510294001395
Twin Springs Elementary
100 Twin Springs Elem Cir, Danville, VA 24540 · (434) 724-2666 · Pittsylvania County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
520 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 17 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 Twin Springs Elementary
Twin Springs Elementary's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Springs Elementary this school | 618 | 84.1% | 81.8% |
| Yellow Branch Elementary Rustburg | 584 | 78.9% | 74.5% |
| Appomattox Elementary Appomattox | 539 | 79.4% | 72.9% |
| Appomattox Primary Appomattox | 609 | 77.2% | N/A |
| Trevilians Elementary Louisa | 546 | 79.3% | 84.4% |
| Amelia County Elementary Amelia Court House | 778 | 84.2% | 53.3% |
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 Twin Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Pittsylvania County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #268 of 1,101 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #289 of 1,111 ▲ 118 | #6 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #219 of 1,111 ▲ 77 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #324 of 1,176 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #791 of 1,105 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #751 of 1,106 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #441 of 1,157 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #208 of 759 | #3 of 8 |
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
618
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 84% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 86% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 83% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 41 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 46.8 | 16.2:1 | 52% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 47% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 791 | 41 | 19.3:1 | 44% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 849 | 48 | 17.7:1 | 22% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (760 to 618); teachers down 12% (46.8 to 41).
About Twin Springs Elementary
Twin Springs Elementary sits in Danville, Virginia, and is classified as an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 618 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.
Pittsylvania County Public Schools is responsible for 18 schools, Twin Springs Elementary included, with 7,830 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at Twin Springs Elementary is White: 67%. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Twin Springs Elementary scores 50%.
For every teacher at Twin Springs Elementary, there are about 15.1 students; the school has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 84%. The figure for public schools in Pittsylvania County is close, at 85%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Twin Springs Elementary outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Twin Springs Elementary outperforms its prediction by 16.6 points. The model expects 65.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia; the school's rate is 81.8%.
Census data for Pittsylvania County show the median household earns about $54,085 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Twin Springs Elementary, Pittsylvania County has 22 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Southside Elementary, is about 3.0 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. By average proficiency, Twin Springs Elementary is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school shrank from 678 students in 2020-21 to 618 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.5:1 to 15.1:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Twin Springs Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Pittsylvania County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,856
Census ACS
Median income
$54,085
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,830 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pittsylvania County Public Schools
- Tunstall HighHigh · 800 students
- Chatham HighHigh · 609 students
- Tunstall MiddleMiddle · 609 students
- Dan River HighHigh · 583 students
- Gretna HighHigh · 507 students
- Gretna ElementaryElementary · 493 students
Other schools in Danville
- George Washington HighHigh · 1,248 students
- Westwood MiddleMiddle · 642 students
- G.L.H. Johnson ElementaryElementary · 571 students
- Schoolfield ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- O. Trent Bonner MiddleMiddle · 501 students
- Edwin A. Gibson ElementaryElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Elementary3.0 mi · 428
- G.L.H. Johnson Elementary5.1 mi · 571
- The Northside Preschool5.2 mi · 137
- Tunstall High5.5 mi · 800
- Chatham Middle5.6 mi · 406
- Tunstall Middle5.6 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Springs ElementaryHow large is Twin Springs Elementary?
Twin Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 618 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Twin Springs Elementary serve?
Twin Springs Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Twin Springs Elementary have?
Twin Springs Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Twin Springs Elementary?
Student demographics at Twin Springs Elementary are roughly 67% White, 7% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Twin Springs Elementary?
Twin Springs Elementary is overseen by Pittsylvania County Public Schools in Pittsylvania County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.