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Schools in Cave Spring · Roanoke County Public Schools

Cave Spring’s public schools beat 92% of Virginia districts

The public schools Cave Spring’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

Math proficiency
71%
▲ 17 pts vs VA 54%
2020–21
Graduate on time
92%
▲ 3 pts vs VA 89%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$14.3K
▼ 17% vs VA $17.2K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.6
VA 13.9
Schools
8
4,404 students
The School Grade

How Cave Spring compares

A Test scoresB Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 92%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (176)Better than 93%
High confidence. Built on 6,980 tested students and a graduating class of 1,153; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • 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.

Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math71%
State average 54.4%

Cave Spring vs. its neighbors

Cave Spring’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Virginia districts.

Every school in Cave Spring

8 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Colleges near Cave Spring

There’s no college in Cave Spring, but 8 are within 30 miles. The closest is Galen Health Institutes-Roanoke in Roanoke, 2.2 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Cave Spring. 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 and graduation rates, graded within Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.

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