Elementary · North Carolina

Cullowhee Valley School

Cullowhee Valley School, a public elementary school in Cullowhee, North Carolina: grades pre-k–8, 570 students, 16.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jackson County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
570
Teachers (FTE)
34.9
Students per teacher
16.4
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 14.7 · 1,461 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 72% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 455 · 1,469 schools compared

Larger than 77% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on North Carolina's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

North Carolina: 53%

42%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 68% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 49% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

364 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Math

North Carolina: 57%

45%proficient

−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in North Carolina

Median 58% · 1,423 elementary schools compared

362 students tested, grades 3–8 · End-of-Grade Tests - Edition 5; proficient means Levels 2-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jackson County Public Schools.

Location

Address
240 Wisdom Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Phone
(828)293-5667
City or town
Cullowhee

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–879716.651%60%
Pre-K–842214.747%35%
Pre-K–614414.547%61%
Pre-K–834015.833%28%
K–431512.647%45%
Pre-K–440812.948%54%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 370234001002