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Buchanan County Public Schools is located in west Virginia. Buchanan County Public Schools has 502.76 square miles of land area and 1.08 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Buchanan County Public Schools population is 23,683. Buchanan County Public Schools median household income is $29,678 in 2010-2014. Buchanan County Public Schools median house value is $68,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Buchanan County Public Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(73 out of 130, bottom 44%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	23,683 (2010-2014), rank #72
Population Growth	0.42% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	47.00/sq mi, rank #101
Median Household Income:	$29,678 at 2010-2014—7.77% increase since 2005-2009, rank #135
Median House Price:	$68,700 at 2010-2014—8.70% increase since 2005-2009, rank #135
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	502.76 sq mi, rank #24
Water Area:	1.08 sq mi (0.21%), rank #98
State:	Virginia
County:	Buchanan County
City:	Pilgrims Knob, Grundy, Oakwood, Whitewood, Jewell Ridge, Raven, Swords Creek, Rowe, Vansant, Honaker, Davenport, Bee, Hurley, Haysi, Big Rock, Maxie, Breaks
Zip:	24634, 24614, 24631, 24657, 24622, 24639, 24649, 24646, 24656, 24260, 24239, 24217, 24620, 24256, 24603, 24628, 24607
Area:	Bluefield, WV-VA

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Buchanan County Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1176 Booth Branch Rd

Grundy VA, 24614, Buchanan County

Phone: 276-935-4551

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,201	3,281	3,310	3,333	3,386	3,399	3,475
English Language Learner Students:	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	273.67	269.59	268.00	200.23	229.89	230.60	255.80
Prekindergarten:	8.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Kindergarten:	8.39	8.65	8.49	12.00	15.00	14.00	13.00
Elementary:	117.51	118.18	113.74	84.70	109.44	110.40	117.40
Secondary:	139.77	133.76	136.77	95.53	97.45	98.20	117.40
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	228.00	313.00	171.00	280.76	256.61	291.90	268.80
Instructional Aides:	37.00	69.00	102.50	68.50	71.42	59.20	49.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.00	3.00	8.00	45.70	47.17	44.70	30.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	8.00	19.08	10.00	10.00	21.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	3.00	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	6.00	7.00	6.08	7.00	7.00	7.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	9.00	9.50	8.50	10.00	10.00	10.50	10.50
Library/Media Support:	10.00	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00
District Administrators:	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.58	3.10	2.30
District Administrative Support:	3.00	9.00	6.00	2.00	7.25	5.60	2.30
School Administrators:	11.00	11.00	11.00	16.00	16.00	15.00	23.00
School Administrative Support:	13.00	20.00	8.00	16.00	16.00	5.00	16.00
Student Support Services:	1.00	10.00	6.00	47.00	6.00	74.00	50.00
Other Support Services:	126.00	160.50	0.00	43.48	59.19	53.80	53.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.70	12.17	12.35	16.65	14.73	14.74	13.58

Schools

Buchanan Co. Tech. & Career Ctr.	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1124 Almarine Dr, Grundy VA 24614
Council Elementary/Middle	Prekindergarten to Grade 7	7608 Helen Henderson Hwy, Honaker VA 24260
Council High	Grade 8 to Grade 12	7802 Helen Henderson Hwy, Hurley VA 24620
Grundy High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1300 Golden Wave Dr, Grundy VA 24614
Hurley Elementary/Middle	Prekindergarten to Grade 7	6911 Hurley Rd, Hurley VA 24620
Hurley High	Grade 8 to Grade 12	6339 Hurley Rd, Hurley VA 24620
Jm Bevins Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	8668 Slate Creek Rd, Grundy VA 24614
Riverview Elementary/Middle	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	27382 Riverside Dr, Grundy VA 24614
Russell Prater Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	8433 Lovers Gap Rd, Vansant VA 24656
Twin Valley Elementary/Middle	Prekindergarten to Grade 7	9017 Riverside Dr, Oakwood VA 24631
Twin Valley High	Grade 8 to Grade 12	14449 Dismal River Rd, Pilgrims Knob VA 24634

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
SOL Test
2005	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	77%
2006	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	84%
2007	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	81%
2008	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84%
2009	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	86%
2010	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	84%
2011	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	83%
2012	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	86%
2013	English Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.2%	72.5%
2005	History	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	90%
2006	History	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	91%
2007	History	3rd Grade	% met std	85%	93%
2008	History	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	93%
2009	History	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	93%
2010	History	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	93%
2011	History	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	85%
2012	History	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	87%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	88%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	90%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	89%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	97%	89%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	89%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	91%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	33%	64%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	46.6%	65.3%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	90%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	88%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	88%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	95%	88%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	91%
2011	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	89%
2012	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	89%
2013	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	83.6%
2006	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	68%	87%
2007	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	87%
2008	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	88%
2009	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	88%
2010	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83%	88%
2011	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	87%
2012	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	88%
2013	English Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.9%	70.1%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	78%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	84%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92%	87%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86%	88%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	89%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60%	70%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	56.5%	74.7%
2005	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	70%	85%
2006	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	87%
2007	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78%	87%
2008	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92%	89%
2009	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	92%
2010	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	91%
2011	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	89%
2012	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	89%
2013	English Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.3%	73.3%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69%	80%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79%	83%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	86%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	88%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	90%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85%	91%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83%	89%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	45%	67%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	41%	69.5%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	81%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78%	85%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	88%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	88%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95%	88%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86%	88%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	87%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	88%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.1%	75.6%
2005	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66%	91%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79%	89%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83%	89%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	83%	87%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82%	86%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78%	88%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	72%	87%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	77%	87%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	70.6%
2006	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2007	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%
2008	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	85%
2009	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	87%
2010	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80%	88%
2011	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	87%
2012	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	89%
2013	English Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.9%	73.6%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	42%	52%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61%	60%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72%	68%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	54%	73%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	53%	74%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	61.9%	78%
2006	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	82%
2007	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	83%
2008	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	87%
2009	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%
2010	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83%	89%
2011	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80%	89%
2012	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	88%
2013	English Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	74.7%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	48%	44%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65%	56%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78%	65%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	71%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46%	57%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52%	61.1%
2005	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	54%	77%
2006	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	78%
2007	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	79%
2008	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2009	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	87%
2010	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	89%
2011	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	90%
2012	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	89%
2013	English Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	70.9%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	49%	81%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	77%	76%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83%	77%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95%	85%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81%	82%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	60%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	61.9%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74%	87%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	87%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91%	89%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96%	90%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91%	90%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	92%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	92%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	76.1%
2005	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64%	74%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	91%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	78%	85%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	88%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94%	91%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	83%	89%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84%	88%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.1%	70.3%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85%	87%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	88%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	91%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97%	93%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	93%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	95%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97%	94%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79%	75%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75.1%	76.2%
2005	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	86%	88%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	92%	84%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	97%	88%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	96%	91%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	98%	91%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	99%	91%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	98%	90%
2012	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	62%	69%
2013	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	88.6%	75.7%
2005	Biology	End of course	% met std	78%	83%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	77%	83%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	91%	88%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	93%	88%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	94%	88%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	95%	89%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	91%	91%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	93%	92%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	74.1%	82.6%
2005	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	96%	88%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	93%	87%
2007	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	92%	90%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	100%	92%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	97%	92%
2010	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	96%	94%
2011	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	90%	93%
2012	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	98%	93%
2013	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	82.3%	85.8%
2005	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	80%	80%
2006	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	85%	81%
2007	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	93%	85%
2008	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	92%	86%
2009	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	94%	87%
2010	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	90%	88%
2011	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	87%	90%
2012	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	93%	91%
2013	Earth Science	End of course	% met std	80.9%	83%
2005	English Reading	End of course	% met std	82%	88%
2006	English Reading	End of course	% met std	92%	90%
2007	English Reading	End of course	% met std	97%	94%
2008	English Reading	End of course	% met std	95%	94%
2009	English Reading	End of course	% met std	96%	95%
2010	English Reading	End of course	% met std	97%	94%
2011	English Reading	End of course	% met std	94%	94%
2012	English Reading	End of course	% met std	90%	93%
2013	English Reading	End of course	% met std	85.6%	88.9%
2005	Geography	End of course	% met std	76%	75%
2006	Geography	End of course	% met std	74%	77%
2007	Geography	End of course	% met std	90%	83%
2008	Geography	End of course	% met std	89%	84%
2009	Geography	End of course	% met std	93%	86%
2010	Geography	End of course	% met std	88%	86%
2011	Geography	End of course	% met std	84%	86%
2012	Geography	End of course	% met std	89%	85%
2013	Geography	End of course	% met std	85.3%	84.9%
2005	Geometry	End of course	% met std	77%	83%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	71%	83%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	95%	86%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	92%	87%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	92%	87%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86%	88%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	85%	86%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	67%	73%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	75.2%	75.7%
2005	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	87%	89%
2006	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	93%	91%
2007	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	95%	93%
2008	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	98%	94%
2009	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	96%	95%
2010	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	97%	95%
2011	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	82%	83%
2012	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	88%	84%
2013	VA and US History	End of course	% met std	78.6%	85.7%
2005	World History II	End of course	% met std	78%	88%
2006	World History II	End of course	% met std	87%	89%
2007	World History II	End of course	% met std	99%	93%
2008	World History II	End of course	% met std	96%	93%
2009	World History II	End of course	% met std	95%	94%
2010	World History II	End of course	% met std	97%	92%
2011	World History II	End of course	% met std	77%	83%
2012	World History II	End of course	% met std	77%	85%
2013	World History II	End of course	% met std	75.2%	85.1%
2005	Writing	End of course	% met std	87%	88%
2006	Writing	End of course	% met std	89%	88%
2007	Writing	End of course	% met std	95%	93%
2008	Writing	End of course	% met std	90%	92%
2009	Writing	End of course	% met std	91%	93%
2010	Writing	End of course	% met std	88%	92%
2011	Writing	End of course	% met std	90%	93%
2012	Writing	End of course	% met std	93%	93%
2013	Writing	End of course	% met std	80.2%	86.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$40,747,000	$12,310		$34,617,000	$10,386		$39,294,000	$11,605
Federal:	$7,538,000	$2,277	18.5%	$5,240,000	$1,572	15.1%	$6,671,000	$1,970	17.0%
State:	$18,889,000	$5,707	46.4%	$17,804,000	$5,342	51.4%	$20,821,000	$6,149	53.0%
Local:	$14,320,000	$4,326	35.1%	$11,573,000	$3,472	33.4%	$11,802,000	$3,486	30.0%
Total Expenditures:	$38,268,000	$11,561		$36,497,000	$10,950		$38,999,000	$11,518
Total Current Expenditures:	$37,394,000	$11,297		$35,029,000	$10,510		$37,648,000	$11,119
Instructional Expenditures:	$22,306,000	$6,739	59.7%	$20,324,000	$6,098	58.0%	$21,810,000	$6,441	57.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,170,000	$958	8.5%	$3,218,000	$965	9.2%	$3,533,000	$1,043	9.4%
Administration:	$2,735,000	$826	7.3%	$2,520,000	$756	7.2%	$2,844,000	$840	7.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$9,183,000	$2,774	24.6%	$8,967,000	$2,690	25.6%	$9,461,000	$2,794	25.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$822,000	$248		$869,000	$261		$732,000	$216
Construction:	$411,000	$124		$662,000	$199		$17,000	$5
Total Other:	$28,000	$8		$21,000	$6		$36,000	$11
Interest on Debt:	$24,000	$7		$578,000	$173		$578,000	$171

Total Salary:	$21,421,000	$6,472		$19,965,000	$5,990		$21,719,000	$6,414
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,134,000	$4,270	66.0%	$12,937,000	$3,881	64.8%	$14,035,000	$4,145	64.6%
Other Salary:	$7,287,000	$2,202	34.0%	$7,028,000	$2,109	35.2%	$7,684,000	$2,269	35.4%
Total Benefit:	$9,123,000	$2,756		$8,579,000	$2,574		$9,186,000	$2,713
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,514,000	$1,666	60.4%	$5,132,000	$1,540	59.8%	$5,295,000	$1,564	57.6%
Other Benefit:	$3,609,000	$1,090	39.6%	$3,447,000	$1,034	40.2%	$3,891,000	$1,149	42.4%

* Buchanan County Public Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.