Rose Hill Elementary

Rose Hill Elementary in Rose Hill, Virginia, is a small PK–4 school serving 256 students and part of Lee County Public Schools, with nearly 86% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. In the 2025–2026 ranking cycle, the school placed 587th out of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools (47th percentile, 2 stars) — a modest improvement from the prior year's 33rd percentile, though still far from its 4-star, 74th–80th percentile rankings from 2015–2018.

The school's clearest academic challenge is 3rd-grade reading, which has trailed district and state averages for several years; in 2025–2026, 65.8% of Rose Hill 3rd graders were proficient, compared to 70.2% for the district and 67.6% statewide. Fourth-grade reading (74.4% proficient) and VA Studies (71.1%) are relative strengths, with reading exceeding the state average. Rose Hill ranks between its Lee County neighbors: St. Charles Elementary places 407th statewide (63rd percentile, 3 stars) and posts far stronger test scores — including 92.9% proficiency in 4th-grade reading and 100% in VA Studies — while Flatwoods Elementary ranks lower overall at the 34th percentile.

A standout positive is Rose Hill's performance with economically disadvantaged students: despite its high poverty rate, the school's low-SES subgroup ranks in the 82nd percentile statewide, signaling strong instructional effectiveness for its core population. Chronic absenteeism has been remarkably volatile, swinging from 33.8% in 2023–2024 to 0.0% in 2024–2025, which — if accurate — represents a dramatic improvement. Rose Hill's student-teacher ratio (15.0) is higher than St. Charles's 9.5, and its per-student spending ($10,073) trails St. Charles's $13,624 considerably, which may help explain St. Charles's consistent academic edge. With a small enrollment, individual cohorts can cause large year-to-year swings, but recent gains in attendance and math suggest Rose Hill may be stabilizing.