Elementary · Virginia

Elk Knob Elementary

Free meals for all

Elk Knob Elementary, a public elementary school in Pennington Gap, Virginia: grades pre-k–4, 291 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lee 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
291
Teachers (FTE)
23.8
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
Pre-K–4
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

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

Reading and writing

Virginia: 72%

66%proficient

−1.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 72% · 1,109 elementary schools compared

103 students tested, grades 3, 4 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Virginia: 66%

70%proficient

−8.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 74% · 1,109 elementary schools compared

103 students tested, grades 3, 4 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

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–4
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

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

Location

Address
148 Hornet Loop, Pennington Gap, VA 24277
Phone
(276)546-1837

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Dryden ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–423711.3
St. Charles ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–41109.6
Pre-K–430814.9
Pre-K–824811.3
Cawood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–820913.1
Flatwoods ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–433614.0

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 510219000891