Schools · McDowell
McDowell, VA schools
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McDowell’s School Grade: A-
The public schools McDowell’s kids attend outperform 83% of Virginia’s districts on state tests.
A-Test scores
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 83%
Lower resultsHigher results
Lower confidence. Built on 77 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
- 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 (Highland County)62%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
14
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving McDowell
Highland County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 208 students
$24,269 per studentVA $17,169A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Within reach
Colleges near McDowell
There’s no college in McDowell, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, 27 miles away.
Mary Baldwin UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Staunton27 mi1,107 studentsBridgewater CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bridgewater29.2 mi1,419 students
Straight-line distance from the center of McDowell. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.
We don’t have any schools located in McDowell yet.