Hurt’s public schools beat 70% of Virginia districts
The public schools Hurt’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
The short version on Hurt’s schools
Hurt’s schools are very small
All of Hurt’s public school students add up to 257 children, with about 14 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
Average results for less money
Hurt spends 14% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Classes aren’t bigger for it: each teacher has about 14 students, compared with 14 statewide. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With four middle and four high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to John L. Hurt Elementary. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Hurt compares
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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Hurt.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Hurt
2 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Hurt families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Hurt
There’s no college in Hurt, but 6 are within 30 miles. The closest is Liberty University in Lynchburg, 18.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Hurt. 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.