Schools · Blacksburg
Blacksburg, VA schools
10 public, charter and private schools in Blacksburg. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Blacksburg’s School Grade: B
The public schools Blacksburg’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresB-Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (179)Better than 61%
High confidence. Built on 4,847 tested students and a graduating class of 687; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Montgomery County)57%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
687
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #91 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Blacksburg
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Blacksburg is home to 2 colleges
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Blacksburg36,796on campus
All 2 colleges in Blacksburg →Edward Via College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Blacksburg2,596on campus
Every school
All 10 schools in Blacksburg
Showing 1–10 of 10 schools
Kipps ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 358 students
B+PublicMargaret Beeks ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 346 students
A-PublicGilbert Linkous ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 292 students
APublicHarding Avenue ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 279 students
APublicSt. John Neumann AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 191 students
PrivateMine Me Us Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 74 students
PrivateBlacksburg MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 958 students
B+PublicBlacksburg HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,325 students
A+PublicDayspring Christian AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 151 students
PrivateValley Classical SchoolOther · Grades PK–10 · 88 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.