Schools · Salem
Salem, VA schools
12 public, charter and private schools in Salem. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Salem’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Salem’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 65% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresC+Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 65%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (221)Better than 68%
High confidence. Built on 1,947 tested students and a graduating class of 309; 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 (Salem City)61%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
309
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #133 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Salem
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 12 schools in Salem
Showing 1–12 of 12 schools
G.W. Carver ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 404 students
C+PublicEast Salem ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 378 students
C+PublicWest Salem ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students
A-PublicSouth Salem ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 371 students
A-PublicSalem Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 183 students
PrivateAndrew Lewis MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 839 students
BPublicSalem HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,202 students
A-PublicHopetree AcademyHigh · Grades 7–12 · 34 students
PrivateVirginia Virtual Academy at SalemOther · Grades K–12 · 415 students
PublicBurton Center for Arts and Technology
PublicGovernor's STEM Academy at the Burton Center for Arts and Te
PublicSalem Alternative
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.