Elementary · Virginia
Union Primary
Free meals for allUnion Primary, a public elementary school in Big Stone Gap, Virginia: grades pre-k–4, 809 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wise 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
- 809
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–4
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 92% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared
Larger than 95% 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%89%proficient
+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 90% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 72% · 1,109 elementary schools compared
262 students tested, grades 3, 4 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%89%proficient
+0.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Virginia
Median 74% · 1,109 elementary schools compared
261 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 town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wise County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 2945 Second Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
- Phone
- (276)523-4900
- County
- Wise County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Norton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–7 | 527 | 13.7 |
Wise PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 603 | 13.4 |
Arlie Boggs Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 110 | 13.3 |
Duffield-Pattonsville PrimaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 308 | 14.9 |
Dryden ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 237 | 11.3 |
Cumberland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 428 | 13.2 |
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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