Summary:
The city of Cullowhee, North Carolina is home to a single elementary school, Cullowhee Valley School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 609 students. The school is part of the Jackson County Public Schools district, which is ranked 172 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Cullowhee Valley School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of North Carolina elementary schools, with a ranking of 1172 out of 1490 schools in the 2024-2025 school year, and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates on state standardized tests (EOG) are generally lower than the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics and reading. In 2024-2025, the school's 3rd-8th grade math proficiency rates ranged from 39.6% to 58.3%, compared to 48.7% to 64.1% for the district and state. Similarly, the school's 3rd-8th grade reading proficiency rates ranged from 31% to 54%, compared to 36.6% to 58.1% for the district and 46.7% to 58.1% for the state.
Despite the school's challenges, it does have some positive attributes, such as higher-than-average per-student spending of $10,392 in 2018-2019 and a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 to 1, which is similar to the state average. However, the school's high percentage of students (99.51%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch indicates a high-poverty student population, which may contribute to the school's overall academic struggles.
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