Pittsylvania County Public Schools

Summary:

The Pittsylvania County Public Schools district in Virginia consists of 18 schools, including 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 4 high schools, serving students from diverse backgrounds. The district's performance is marked by a mix of high-achieving and lower-performing schools, with several standout institutions that demonstrate exceptional academic outcomes.

At the high school level, Tunstall High School stands out as a top performer, consistently ranking among the best in the state with a #7 statewide ranking and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Tunstall High boasts exceptional test scores, with over 90% proficiency in several subjects. At the elementary level, Southside Elementary and John L. Hurt Elementary are also high-performing, ranking among the top 111 and 48 elementary schools in Virginia, respectively, and earning 5-star ratings.

While the district faces challenges related to equity, with high rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the variation in performance across schools suggests that there are opportunities to learn from the practices and strategies employed by the top-performing institutions. By addressing these equity concerns and leveraging the insights from the district's standout schools, the Pittsylvania County Public Schools can work to improve outcomes and ensure that all students have access to a high-quality education.

District Detail

39 Bank St SE
Chatham, VA 24531

(434) 432-2761

SchoolDigger Rank:
17^th of 130 Virginia districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 7,860

Primary Schools: 10
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SOL Writing (2024)		SOL Geometry (2024)	SOL Algebra I (2024)			SOL Algebra II (2024)	SOL Mathematics (2024)						SOL Biology (2024)			SOL Science (2024)		SOL Earth Science (2024)	SOL English Reading (2024)									SOL VA and US History (2024)	SOL World History I (2024)		SOL World History II (2024)	SOL Civics and Economics (2024)	SOL VA Studies (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Writing 11th Grade	SOL Writing 12th Grade	SOL Geometry 9th Grade	SOL Algebra I 8th Grade	SOL Algebra I 9th Grade	SOL Algebra I 10th Grade	SOL Algebra II 9th Grade	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Mathematics 6th Grade	SOL Mathematics 7th Grade	SOL Mathematics 8th Grade	SOL Biology 10th Grade	SOL Biology 11th Grade	SOL Biology 12th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL Science 8th Grade	SOL Earth Science 9th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 6th Grade	SOL English Reading 7th Grade	SOL English Reading 8th Grade	SOL English Reading 10th Grade	SOL English Reading 11th Grade	SOL English Reading 12th Grade	SOL VA and US History 11th Grade	SOL World History I 9th Grade	SOL World History I 10th Grade	SOL World History II 10th Grade	SOL Civics and Economics 7th Grade	SOL VA Studies 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
John L. Hurt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	315 Prospect Rd	Hurt	24563	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1812	253	20	12.6	87.7%	169 (66.8%)	61 (24.1%)	8 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)	89.8	48^th of 1114 public elementary schools	95.7%		83.1	153^rd of 1114 public elementary schools	86.3%	105								84.2	94.4	93.1							96.6			86.8	86.1	96.6												97.2	$9,038	$518	$8,520
Southside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	440 East Witt Rd	Blairs	24527	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 836-0006	422	34	12.4	85.3%	259 (61.4%)	131 (31.0%)	14 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.0%)	85.5	111^th of 1114 public elementary schools	90.0%		86.4	103^rd of 1114 public elementary schools	90.8%	8								85.7	85.5	93.6							88.5			74.3	90.3	94.9												87.1	$7,431	$555	$6,876
Twin Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Twin Springs Elem Cir	Danville	24540	Danville city	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 724-2666	643	41	15.6	85.5%	453 (70.5%)	125 (19.4%)	39 (6.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	21 (3.3%)	70.7	344^th of 1114 public elementary schools	69.1%		78.1	232^nd of 1114 public elementary schools	79.2%	112								81.0	82.2	73.1							73.1			79.3	93.3	72.9												84.4	$6,400	$244	$6,157
Pittsylvania Vocational-Technical Center	Public		11700 US Highway 29	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 432-9416	0	14	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Pittsylvania Regional Alternative School/STEM Academy	Public		956 Woodlawn Academy Road	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(434) 432-8185	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Brosville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	195 Bulldog Ln.	Danville	24541	Danville city	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 685-7787	226	17	13.2	87.6%	141 (62.4%)	73 (32.3%)	10 (4.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	53.3	578^th of 1114 public elementary schools	48.1%		44.8	664^th of 1114 public elementary schools	40.4%	86								76.7	84.9	65.1							55.8			69.8	68.8	74.4												72.7	$9,128	$875	$8,254
Victory Academy/Ready for Success	Public		326 South Main Street	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 432-2761	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Stony Mill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Stony Mill Elementary Cir	Danville	24541	Danville city	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 685-7545	405	31	13.0	84.2%	277 (68.4%)	51 (12.6%)	51 (12.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.7%)	78.8	233^rd of 1114 public elementary schools	79.1%		78.8	225^th of 1114 public elementary schools	79.8%	8								87.3	92.0	85.0							83.3			65.5	89.8	83.1												81.6	$7,276	$770	$6,506
Tunstall High	Public	9-12	100 Trojan Cir	Dry Fork	24540	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 724-7111	850	56	15.1	85.8%	610 (71.8%)	124 (14.6%)	78 (9.2%)	10 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (3.3%)	84.4	7^th of 329 public high schools	97.9%		81.9	10^th of 326 public high schools	96.9%	3	91.7	81.3	93.3		99.2		100.0							88.1	81.8				88.0								93.7		66.7	84.8	73.7				$7,297	$234	$7,063
Union Hall Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Union Hall Cir	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 724-7010	185	19	9.7	85.9%	131 (70.8%)	36 (19.5%)	10 (5.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	84.7	124^th of 1114 public elementary schools	88.9%		88.5	66^th of 1114 public elementary schools	94.1%	58								91.7	83.9	92.0							84.0			75.0	93.1	84.0												93.1	$9,961	$1,328	$8,633
Tunstall Middle	Public	6-8	1160 Tunstall High Rd.	Dry Fork	24549	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 724-7086	566	44	13.0	85.9%	389 (68.7%)	97 (17.1%)	58 (10.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.5%)	61.8	162^nd of 417 public middle schools	61.2%		67.2	134^th of 422 public middle schools	68.2%	28				100.0							85.3	29.6	49.1					67.4					79.8	68.3	74.9								81.1		$6,392	$263	$6,130
Chatham Middle	Public	6-8	11650 US Highway 29 North	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 432-2169	411	35	11.5	86.4%	271 (65.9%)	105 (25.5%)	25 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	70.7	111^th of 417 public middle schools	73.4%		65.7	139^th of 422 public middle schools	67.1%	28				100.0							72.6	79.3	85.0					66.0					80.4	78.7	68.9								80.8		$7,389	$803	$6,586
Chatham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	245 Chatham Elementary Lane	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 432-6461	235	23	10.2	84.7%	138 (58.7%)	65 (27.7%)	23 (9.8%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	62.1	463^rd of 1114 public elementary schools	58.4%		59.5	484^th of 1114 public elementary schools	56.6%	21								73.7	79.4	78.4							64.9			68.4	79.4	81.1												70.6	$9,521	$1,124	$8,398
Chatham High	Public	9-12	100 Cavalier Cir	Chatham	24531	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 432-8305	617	41	14.9	85.1%	395 (64.0%)	165 (26.7%)	38 (6.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	69	95^th of 329 public high schools	71.1%		63.9	127^th of 326 public high schools	61.0%	32	87.2		100.0		97.2									82.1		70.0			63.3								94.9	75.0	42.9	67.1	65.0				$7,755	$424	$7,331
Dan River Middle	Public	6-8	5875 Kentuck Rd.	Ringgold	24586	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 822-6027	449	41	10.8	85.1%	251 (55.9%)	153 (34.1%)	15 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.8%)	65.8	138^th of 417 public middle schools	66.9%		65.8	138^th of 422 public middle schools	67.3%					97.0							79.4	54.1	48.0					76.1					78.1	75.0	80.9								71.1		$7,776	$581	$7,195
Dan River High	Public	9-12	100 Dan River Wildcat Cir	Ringgold	24586	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 822-7081	589	44	13.5	85.2%	356 (60.4%)	191 (32.4%)	21 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.2%)	64.9	116^th of 329 public high schools	64.7%		71.7	73^rd of 326 public high schools	77.6%	43	82.2		96.6		77.3	73.1								78.5					74.8							60.0	89.1			77.0		49.0			$7,759	$334	$7,425
Gretna Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	302 Franklin Blvd South	Gretna	24557	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1808	453	34	13.3	85.0%	317 (70.0%)	117 (25.8%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.1%)	74.9	282^nd of 1114 public elementary schools	74.7%		62.8	434^th of 1114 public elementary schools	61.0%	152								85.5	92.4	84.9							79.3			66.1	77.3	81.1												84.9	$7,774	$1,126	$6,648
Gretna Middle	Public	6-8	201 Coffey Street	Gretna	24557	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1804	398	36	11.0	85.7%	274 (68.8%)	93 (23.4%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.3%)	55	205^th of 417 public middle schools	50.8%		59	172^nd of 422 public middle schools	59.2%	33				100.0							69.7	40.0	52.4					72.0					73.2	72.1	75.9								65.2		$7,467	$682	$6,785
Gretna High	Public	9-12	100 Gretna Hawk Cir	Gretna	24557	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 630-1800	539	39	13.8	85.5%	342 (63.5%)	166 (30.8%)	17 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.2%)	50.6	197^th of 329 public high schools	40.1%		56.6	160^th of 326 public high schools	50.9%	37	68.4		97.6		89.9	81.8								58.3					66.4							53.9	95.0		52.0	58.6	81.8				$7,907	$727	$7,180
Kentuck Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Kentuck Elementary Cir	Ringgold	24586	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 822-5944	477	37	12.8	86.8%	317 (66.5%)	116 (24.3%)	18 (3.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.8%)	72.6	315^th of 1114 public elementary schools	71.7%		71.4	327^th of 1114 public elementary schools	70.6%	12								91.5	80.3	94.1							94.1			69.5	72.4	89.7												64.5	$6,993	$562	$6,432
Mount Airy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Mt Airy Elementary Cir	Gretna	24557	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(434) 630-1816	142	15	9.4	87.3%	81 (57.0%)	39 (27.5%)	15 (10.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.2%)	85	120^th of 1114 public elementary schools	89.2%		68.8	357^th of 1114 public elementary schools	68.0%	237								89.7	95.0	94.4							77.8			89.3	95.0	72.2												89.5	$10,871	$1,605	$9,266

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Danville City Public Schools	7.58 mi	18	123^rd
Department of Education State-Operated Educ Prgms	9.63 mi	23
Henry County Public Schools	10.39 mi	13	87^th
Department Of Corrections	10.89 mi	61
Regional Alternative/Pittsylvania County	11.39 mi	1

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