Summary:
The city of Galax, Virginia is home to 6 schools across 3 different school districts, serving students from elementary through high school. While the schools in the Galax City Public Schools district generally perform below state averages, the schools in the Carroll County and Grayson County districts tend to outperform the state, suggesting differences in resources, curriculum, or other factors between the districts.
Galax High School stands out as the top performer, ranking 94th out of 326 Virginia high schools and earning a 4-star rating. It has particularly strong math performance, with 100% of 9th graders proficient or better in Geometry and 97.94% proficient or better in Algebra I. Fairview Elementary and Oakland Elementary also demonstrate strengths, with Fairview excelling in math and science, and Oakland showing strong reading performance.
However, the schools in Galax face significant economic challenges, with consistently high free/reduced lunch rates across the district, ranging from 84.64% at Gladeville Elementary to 100.61% at Galax Middle. This high poverty level likely impacts student learning and achievement, and the variation in student-teacher ratios and spending per student suggests that the schools may have access to different levels of staffing and resources, which could contribute to the performance differences observed.
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