Elementary · Virginia

Callaghan Elementary

Free meals for all

Callaghan Elementary, a public elementary school in Covington, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 270 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alleghany Highlands 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: 270
Teachers (FTE): 18.0
Students per teacher: 15.0
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Alleghany Highlands Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 4050 Midland Trail, Covington, VA 24426
Phone: (540)965-1810
City or town: Callaghan
County: Alleghany County

Website Quality of life in Callaghan Schools in Callaghan

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Jeter-Watson ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	491	12.9	6.1 mi
Mountain View ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	415	10.9	11.2 mi
White Sulphur ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	317	13.2	11.9 mi
Valley ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–7	184	21.0	16.5 mi
Eagle Rock ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	121	11.2	18.2 mi
Sharon ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	216	13.5	18.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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