Summary:
Zip code 22469 contains one elementary school, Cople Elementary, a PK–5 school in Hague, VA, serving 337 students and operating within Westmoreland County Public Schools. The school holds a 1-star rating and has seen its state percentile rank decline from the 28th to the 14th percentile over the past year, placing it below its already mid-performing district, which is ranked 89th out of 131 Virginia districts with a 2-star rating.
Cople's data reflects a high-poverty environment. The free/reduced lunch figure is listed at 108.31%, indicating that essentially all students qualify for assistance. Chronic absenteeism is 15.7%, better than the district's 17.1% but worse than the state's 14.8%. The school spends $13,614 per student and maintains a favorable 10.5:1 student-teacher ratio. Despite these resources, 2025–2026 SOL proficiency rates trail state averages in nearly every category. Fourth-grade math proficiency was 38.71% versus 73.29% statewide, and 4th-grade Virginia Studies proficiency was 27.87% versus 70.52% statewide.
The most striking trend is a sharp year-over-year decline in 4th-grade scores, with math falling from 75.61% to 38.71%, reading from 80.49% to 48.39%, and Virginia Studies from 69.44% to 27.87%. These are different cohorts of students, but the swings are dramatic. Encouragingly, 5th-grade reading reached 68.75%, just below the state average of 72.42%, and 5th-grade science improved from 55.32% to 64.58%. Third-grade math also rose from 53.23% to 66.13%. While Cople remains well behind state averages overall, these bright spots, combined with the low student-teacher ratio, suggest areas of strength to build on.
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