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Twin Valley Elementary/Middle

9017 Riverside Drive, Oakwood, VA 24631 · (276) 498-4537 · Buchanan County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 499
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
250 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K167%
Kindergarten2611%
Grade 13314%
Grade 22611%
Grade 32912%
Grade 42912%
Grade 52611%
Grade 63013%
Grade 72510%

This year's kindergarten class (26) is about the same size as its 7th grade class (25).

Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
22995%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
94%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 5%
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
Male
12653%
Female
11448%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
69.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.

SOL results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2579.0%69.0%
2023-2475.0%70.0%
2022-2373.0%67.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Twin Valley Elementary/Middle ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Virginia
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
73.0%#495 of 1,101
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
69.0%#694 of 1,111
▼ 98
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
79.0%#345 of 1,111
▲ 96
Enrollment
ranked largest first
240#1,063 of 1,176
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.3:1#90 of 1,105
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
8.8%#1,090 of 1,106
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
104%#10 of 1,157
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-32.6%#30 of 759
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 2024-25
Enrollment
240
-70 (-23%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2524021.311.3:1N/A
2023-2426223.411.2:194% (245)
2022-2328623.512.2:192% (262)
2020-213102412.9:1N/A
2017-1835626.413.5:186% (305)
2015-164233014.1:166% (280)
2010-114282517.1:169% (295)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Valley Elementary/Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 33% (356 to 240); teachers down 19% (26.4 to 21.3).

About Twin Valley Elementary/Middle

Twin Valley Elementary/Middle, a small elementary school, is located in Oakwood, Virginia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 7, with 240 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 52% smaller than that.

Buchanan County Public Schools has 2,316 students spread across 8 schools.

About 95% of the student body at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% Hispanic. The White share in Buchanan County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. Twin Valley Elementary/Middle's diversity index is 9%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school reports 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.3 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia.

Twin Valley Elementary/Middle scores 73.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 59.7%.

Federal survey data for Buchanan County show that the median household income is $42,886, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. Buchanan County is home to 10 public schools and about 2,316 public school students.

The closest public school, Twin Valley High, is about 4.2 miles from Twin Valley Elementary/Middle. Other public schools within ten miles: 2. On average proficiency, Twin Valley Elementary/Middle is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.

Twin Valley Elementary/Middle falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school enrolled 240 students in 2024-25, 70 fewer than the 310 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.9:1).

Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.

Buchanan County at a glance

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Population
19,415
Census ACS
Median income
$42,886
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,316 students

Quick facts

School name
Twin Valley Elementary/Middle
District
Buchanan County Public Schools
Address
9017 Riverside Drive, Oakwood, VA 24631
Phone
(276) 498-4537
County
Buchanan County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–07
Total enrollment
240
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
250 (104%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
510051001946
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Twin Valley Elementary/Middle
How large is Twin Valley Elementary/Middle?
Twin Valley Elementary/Middle enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does Twin Valley Elementary/Middle serve?
Twin Valley Elementary/Middle serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twin Valley Elementary/Middle?
At Twin Valley Elementary/Middle, the student body is approximately 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Twin Valley Elementary/Middle in?
Twin Valley Elementary/Middle is part of Buchanan County Public Schools.
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