Bland’s public schools beat 83% of Virginia districts
The public schools Bland’s kids attend outperform 83% of Virginia’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How Bland compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Virginia only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Bland
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Bland families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Bland
There’s no college in Bland, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Wytheville Community College in Wytheville, 10.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Bland. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.