Castlewood Elementary

Summary:

Castlewood Elementary is a public elementary school in Castlewood, Virginia, serving 237 students in grades 2-7. The school is part of the Russell County Public Schools district, which is ranked 46 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Castlewood Elementary faces several challenges, including a predominantly white student population (over 94%) and lower-than-average academic performance on SOL (Standards of Learning) tests compared to the district and state averages. For example, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency rate was 48.48% in 2023-2024, compared to 75.68% for the Russell County Public Schools district and 70.11% for the state. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 442 out of 1,105 Virginia elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 742 out of 1,114 in 2023-2024. Additionally, Castlewood Elementary has a very high percentage of students (over 92%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Lebanon Primary, Lebanon Elementary, and Copper Creek Elementary, Castlewood Elementary's academic performance is generally lower. The school also lags behind higher-performing schools in the region, such as Valley Institute Elementary, Greendale Elementary, and St. Paul Elementary, which consistently outperform Castlewood Elementary on standardized tests and have higher statewide rankings.


Detail:

Public 2-7

 242 Blue Devil Circle
       Castlewood, VA  24224


(276) 762-2315

District: Russell County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
742nd of 1,114 Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,860 Help


Students who attend Castlewood Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Lebanon Middle
High:    Castlewood High

Student/teacher ratio:  9.3 Help
Number of students:  237

Racial breakdown:

White:
94.5%
Hispanic:
3.4%
Two or more races:
1.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  92.4% Help


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Compare Details Castlewood Elementary ranks worse than 66.6% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Russell County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 38.37. (See more...)
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Compare Details Castlewood Elementary ranks worse than 52.5% of middle schools in Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.89. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Castlewood Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Russell County Public Schools District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Castlewood Elementary is $7,860, which is the 3rd highest among 4 elementary schools in the Russell County Public Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Castlewood Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Castlewood Elementary 742nd of 1114 Virginia public elementary schools. (See Castlewood Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Castlewood Elementary 219th of 417 Virginia public middle schools. (See Castlewood Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Russell County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Russell County Public Schools 46th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Castlewood Elementary

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 31.99 850th 1062 20.0%
2006 31.72 878th 1071 18.0%
2007 32.51 874th 1083 19.3%
2008 42.90 734th 1081 32.1%
2009 56.27 490th 1082 54.7%
2010 45.79 722nd 1113 35.1%
2011 58.02 487th 1117 56.4%
2012 52.46 586th 1117 47.5%
2013 35.38 815th 1120 27.2%
2014 39.26 757th 1110 31.8%
2015 55.27 557th 1100 49.4%
2016 44.38 716th 1096 34.7%
2017 48.66 637th 1099 42.0%
2018 48.09 654th 1097 40.4%
2019 63.67 442nd 1105 60.0%
2021 49.66 596th 1103 46.0%
2022 40.01 723rd 1109 34.8%
2023 56.39 532nd 1114 52.2%
2024 38.37 742nd 1114 33.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 57.99 447th 1036 56.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 60.02 459th 1100 58.3%
2024 45.36 663rd 1098 39.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 57.10 492nd 1093 55.0%
2024 38.36 746th 1101 32.2%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.03 744th 984 24.4%
2024 17.44 882nd 979 9.9%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Castlewood Elementary

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Rank History for all middle school students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 42.22 249th 383 35.0%
2007 40.29 271st 387 30.0%
2008 39.47 269th 391 31.2%
2009 58.42 132nd 390 66.2%
2010 44.30 248th 408 39.2%
2011 48.65 218th 413 47.2%
2012 34.38 312th 413 24.5%
2013 24.62 349th 416 16.1%
2014 18.78 365th 416 12.3%
2015 63.88 109th 412 73.5%
2016 74.25 62nd 409 84.8%
2017 55.78 168th 415 59.5%
2018 44.88 242nd 413 41.4%
2019 68.83 91st 424 78.5%
2021 52.11 178th 419 57.5%
2022 51.82 187th 415 54.9%
2023 62.59 155th 422 63.3%
2024 51.89 219th 417 47.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 59.66 151st 402 62.4%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 73.03 104th 411 74.7%
2024 57.23 194th 407 52.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 58.90 166th 409 59.4%
2024 48.00 225th 407 44.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Castlewood Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.12 226th 402 43.8%
2024 31.84 303rd 396 23.5%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Castlewood Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 458 458
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 454 454
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 421 421
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 431 431
1993 359 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 364
1994 373 9 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 385
1995 537 11 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 550
1996 537 11 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 550
1997 515 10 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 527
1998 492 12 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 506
1999 510 9 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 522
2000 485 9 0 3 0 n/a n/a -4 493
2001 520 6 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 529
2002 508 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 511
2003 508 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 511
2004 508 1 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 511
2005 511 1 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 515
2006 524 1 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 528
2007 451 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 453
2008 476 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 3 479
2009 439 0 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 443
2010 458 1 0 7 1 n/a n/a 0 467
2011 458 1 0 10 1 0 2 0 472
2012 498 1 0 8 0 0 3 0 510
2013 470 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 476
2014 463 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 470
2015 476 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 483
2016 463 1 0 5 0 0 3 0 472
2017 432 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 443
2018 429 1 0 8 0 0 4 0 442
2019 405 2 0 8 0 0 3 0 418
2020 370 1 0 9 0 0 4 0 384
2021 338 1 0 7 1 0 4 0 351
2022 307 3 0 9 0 0 2 0 321
2023 224 1 0 8 1 0 3 0 237

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Castlewood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 458 26.0 17.6 n/a
1990 454 24.9 18.2 n/a
1991 421 25.9 16.2 n/a
1992 431 26.4 16.3 n/a
1993 364 26.6 13.7 n/a
1994 385 21.6 n/a n/a
1995 550 n/a 0.0 46.5
1996 550 n/a 0.0 46.5
1997 527 n/a 0.0 45.4
1998 506 n/a 0.0 45.5
1999 522 35.0 14.9 48.3
2000 493 n/a 0.0 46.7
2001 529 36.0 14.7 55.2
2002 511 38.0 13.4 59.7
2003 511 38.0 13.4 59.7
2004 511 38.6 13.2 58.5
2005 515 36.0 14.3 61.6
2006 528 36.0 14.7 67.6
2007 453 34.5 13.1 65.8
2008 479 26.2 18.3 67
2009 443 29.2 15.2 67.7
2010 467 26.2 17.8 65.1
2011 472 25.2 18.6 64.8
2012 510 29.2 17.4 61.2
2013 476 27.2 17.4 67.9
2014 470 25.4 18.5 69.6
2015 483 32.0 15.0 71.6
2016 472 28.0 16.8 71.8
2017 443 25.0 17.7 70.4
2018 442 29.0 15.2 95.9
2019 418 29.7 14.0 95.7
2020 384 29.5 13.0 95.3
2021 351 29.0 12.1 n/a
2022 321 23.0 13.9 99.1
2023 237 25.2 9.3 92.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Castlewood Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 458 26.0 17.6 n/a
1990 454 24.9 18.2 n/a
1991 421 25.9 16.2 n/a
1992 431 26.4 16.3 n/a
1993 364 26.6 13.7 n/a
1994 385 21.6 n/a n/a
1995 550 n/a 0.0 46.5
1996 550 n/a 0.0 46.5
1997 527 n/a 0.0 45.4
1998 506 n/a 0.0 45.5
1999 522 35.0 14.9 48.3
2000 493 n/a 0.0 46.7
2001 529 36.0 14.7 55.2
2002 511 38.0 13.4 59.7
2003 511 38.0 13.4 59.7
2004 511 38.6 13.2 58.5
2005 515 36.0 14.3 61.6
2006 528 36.0 14.7 67.6
2007 453 34.5 13.1 65.8
2008 479 26.2 18.3 67
2009 443 29.2 15.2 67.7
2010 467 26.2 17.8 65.1
2011 472 25.2 18.6 64.8
2012 510 29.2 17.4 61.2
2013 476 27.2 17.4 67.9
2014 470 25.4 18.5 69.6
2015 483 32.0 15.0 71.6
2016 472 28.0 16.8 71.8
2017 443 25.0 17.7 70.4
2018 442 29.0 15.2 95.9
2019 418 29.7 14.0 95.7
2020 384 29.5 13.0 95.3
2021 351 29.0 12.1 n/a
2022 321 23.0 13.9 99.1
2023 237 25.2 9.3 92.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Castlewood Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $679 (11.3%) $5,306 (88.7%) $5,985
2020 $868 (11.0%) $6,989 (89.0%) $7,857
2021 $936 (11.9%) $6,924 (88.1%) $7,860

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Castlewood Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 442nd of 1105 Elementary schoolsRanks 532nd of 1114 Elementary schools
 7.8%
Ranks 91st of 424 Middle schoolsRanks 155th of 422 Middle schools
 15.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Castlewood Elementary)7970.8
 8.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Russell County Public Schools)9278.2
 13.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8269.1
 12.9%
3rd Grade English Reading (Castlewood Elementary)6891.7
 23.7%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Russell County Public Schools)7572.6
 2.4%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Virginia)7166.1
 4.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Castlewood Elementary)9054.8
 35.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Russell County Public Schools)9078.4
 11.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8369.7
 13.3%
4th Grade English Reading (Castlewood Elementary)8174.4
 6.6%
   4th Grade English Reading (Russell County Public Schools)8280.2
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7572.7
 2.3%
5th Grade Mathematics (Castlewood Elementary)9770.5
 26.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Russell County Public Schools)9470.1
 24%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8167
 14%
5th Grade Science (Castlewood Elementary)8771.1
 15.9%
   5th Grade Science (Russell County Public Schools)8865.6
 22.4%
   5th Grade Science (Virginia)7966
 13%
5th Grade English Reading (Castlewood Elementary)7971.1
 7.9%
   5th Grade English Reading (Russell County Public Schools)8373.9
 9.2%
   5th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7871.4
 6.6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Castlewood Elementary)9068.4
 21.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Russell County Public Schools)9274.7
 17.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7857.8
 20.2%
6th Grade English Reading (Castlewood Elementary)8363.2
 19.8%
   6th Grade English Reading (Russell County Public Schools)8977.9
 11.1%
   6th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7770.4
 6.6%
7th Grade Mathematics (Castlewood Elementary)9385.4
 7.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Russell County Public Schools)9279.1
 12.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7851.4
 26.6%
7th Grade English Reading (Castlewood Elementary)8478.1
 5.9%
   7th Grade English Reading (Russell County Public Schools)9082.3
 7.7%
   7th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7970.3
 8.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students418237
 43.3%
African American21
 50%
American Indian01
Asian00
Hispanic88
Pacific Islander00
White405224
 44.7%
Two or More Races33
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95.7%92.4%
 3.3%


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Castlewood Elementary ranks 742nd of 1114 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Castlewood Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lebanon Middle
High : Castlewood High

Students at Castlewood Elementary are 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 237 students attended Castlewood Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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