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Saltville, VA schools

2 public, charter and private schools in Saltville. Search by name or narrow by level, type.

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Saltville’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Saltville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scoresA-Graduation

Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 78%

Lower resultsHigher results

Virginia towns with similar household incomes (158)Better than 73%

High confidence. Built on 5,142 tested students and a graduating class of 582; 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 (Smyth County)46%

State average 54.4%

Math (Washington County)68%

State average 54.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

93% graduate on time

Graduation rate

93%

VA: 88.8%

Graduating class

582

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Saltville

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Smyth County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 4,132 students

$15,580 per studentVA $17,169B-🏫

Washington County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 17 schools · 7,270 students

$14,860 per studentVA $17,169A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Saltville

There’s no college in Saltville, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Emory & Henry University in Emory, 8 miles away.

Emory & Henry UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Emory8 mi1,360 students

Southwest Virginia Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Cedar Bluff9.2 mi1,416 students

Virginia Highlands Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Abingdon18 mi1,583 students

Appalachian College of PharmacyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Oakwood26.8 mi125 students

King UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bristol29.8 mi778 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Saltville. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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