NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools VA

Best-Resourced Schools in Radford, VA

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7 public K-12 schools in Radford from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,676
Students
50.7/100
Avg Resource Index
13.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Radford has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Radford City Virtual enrolls 46.1% of Radford's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Radford's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Radford lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 110 to 1,694 students, a 15-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 61%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
89th percentile
Teacher staffing
77th percentile

Radford City Virtual accounts for 46.1% of all Radford public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Radford a distant remainder — means Radford-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Radford school enrollment varies 15× across entities

Radford school enrollment ranges from 110 students (lowest) to 1,694 students (highest), a spread of 1,584 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Radford reports 62.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Radford student-teacher ratio is 13.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Radford High 58
2. Belview Elementary 54
3. Indian Valley Elementary 52
4. John N. Dalton Intermediate 50
5. Belle Heth Elementary 47
6. Mcharg Elementary 43
7. Radford City Virtual -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Radford

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Radford City Virtual 63.3/100
  2. 2 John N. Dalton Intermediate 52.4/100
  3. 3 Belle Heth Elementary 50.2/100
  4. 4 Mcharg Elementary 49.3/100
  5. 5 Radford High 47.6/100

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Which Radford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Radford High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Radford schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Radford, VA? ▼

Radford has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,676 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.