High · Virginia

Twin Valley High

Free meals for all

Twin Valley High, a public high school in Pilgrim Knob, Virginia: grades 8–12, 179 students, 12.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Buchanan County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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: 179
Teachers (FTE): 14.3
Students per teacher: 12.6
Grades: 8–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 63% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 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%

62%proficient

−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 74% of high schools in Virginia

Median 71% · 42 high schools compared

39 students tested, grades 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Virginia: 66%

9.1%proficient

−29.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of high schools in Virginia

Median 59% · 39 high schools compared

22 students tested, grades 8 · 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: High · Grades 8–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Buchanan County Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 14449 Dismal River Road, Pilgrim Knob, VA 24634
Phone: (276)259-7818
County: Buchanan County

Website Quality of life in Buchanan County Schools in Buchanan County

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Grundy HighFree meals for all	9–12	352	14.8	8.6 mi
River View High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	405	19.2	10.2 mi
Hurley HighFree meals for all	8–12	194	15.2	10.7 mi
Richlands HighFree meals for all	9–12	557	9.4	12.6 mi
Council HighFree meals for all	8–12	115	11.2	14.3 mi
Honaker HighFree meals for all	8–12	422	14.2	15.9 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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.

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.

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