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What's one thing W.E. Cundiff Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510333001459
W.E. Cundiff Elementary
1200 Hardy Rd, Vinton, VA 24179 · (540) 857-5009 · Roanoke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
395 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
80.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 →
Schools most like W.E. Cundiff Elementary
W.E. Cundiff Elementary's state test result (78.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.E. Cundiff Elementary this school | 486 | 81.3% | 78.6% |
| Jeter-Watson Elementary Covington | 491 | 83.3% | 58.5% |
| Belle Heth Elementary Radford | 473 | 79.9% | 74.3% |
| Goodview Elementary Goodview | 504 | 82.9% | 76.4% |
| Thomas C. McSwain Elementary Staunton | 449 | 84.9% | 88.2% |
| Rustburg Elementary Rustburg | 450 | 77.3% | 74.8% |
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 W.E. Cundiff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Roanoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #348 of 1,101 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #325 of 1,111 ▲ 91 | #11 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #337 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #12 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #619 of 1,176 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #337 of 1,105 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #831 of 1,106 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #485 of 1,157 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #525 of 759 | #7 of 11 |
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
486
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 486 | 37.5 | 13.0:1 | 81% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 37.5 | 13.2:1 | 80% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 37.5 | 13.1:1 | 73% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 37 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 43% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 40% (215) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 39% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 23% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 31 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W.E. Cundiff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (529 to 486); teachers up 4% (36 to 37.5).
About W.E. Cundiff Elementary
W.E. Cundiff Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school located in Vinton, Virginia. A federal count lists 486 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
A total of 26 schools make up Roanoke County Public Schools, with 13,735 students enrolled.
W.E. Cundiff Elementary is 72% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 7% Black. That compares with about 83% White among all Roanoke County residents. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 37.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Roanoke County average 49%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, W.E. Cundiff Elementary is 12.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 78.6%. Predicted: 66.0%.
Census estimates describe Roanoke County this way: the median household income is $83,709, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides W.E. Cundiff Elementary, Roanoke County has 25 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Herman L. Horn Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. W.E. Cundiff Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, W.E. Cundiff Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put W.E. Cundiff Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 498 in 2020-21, 486 in 2024-25.
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Roanoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,023
Census ACS
Median income
$83,709
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,154 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke County Public Schools
- William Byrd HighHigh · 1,134 students
- Cave Spring HighHigh · 1,046 students
- Northside HighHigh · 919 students
- Hidden Valley HighHigh · 832 students
- William Byrd MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Cave Spring MiddleMiddle · 746 students
Other schools in Vinton
- William Byrd HighHigh · 1,134 students
- William Byrd MiddleMiddle · 802 students
- Herman L. Horn ElementaryElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- Herman L. Horn Elementary0.6 mi · 399
- William Byrd Middle1.2 mi · 802
- William Byrd High1.3 mi · 1,134
- Fallon Park Elementary2.0 mi · 591
- Morningside Elementary2.5 mi · 278
- John P. Fishwick Middle2.7 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About W.E. Cundiff ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at W.E. Cundiff Elementary?
W.E. Cundiff Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does W.E. Cundiff Elementary serve?
W.E. Cundiff Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at W.E. Cundiff Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at W.E. Cundiff Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W.E. Cundiff Elementary?
At W.E. Cundiff Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees W.E. Cundiff Elementary?
W.E. Cundiff Elementary is overseen by Roanoke County Public Schools in Roanoke County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.