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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 24079

Summary:

The 24079 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Check Elementary, which serves grades PK-7 and has 289 students. The school is part of the Floyd County Public Schools district, which is ranked 56 out of 129 districts in Virginia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Check Elementary faces some significant challenges, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.7% and test scores that lag behind the district and state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd grade math scores were 50% compared to the district's 74.77% and the state's 72.89%. Additionally, 77.16% of Check Elementary students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high levels of economic disadvantage.

The school's performance has been declining over the past few years, dropping from 709 out of 1,114 Virginia elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 821 out of 1,110 in 2024-2025. This suggests the need for targeted interventions and support to address the academic and socioeconomic challenges facing Check Elementary and improve student outcomes. Addressing chronic absenteeism and aligning curriculum and instructional practices with higher-performing peers could be potential areas of focus for the school and district.

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year

Cities Near Zip Code 24079

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Check	3.11 mi	1	234^th
Callaway	7.31 mi	1	56^th
Shawsville	8.46 mi	1	350^th
Roanoke	9.42 mi	48	221^st
Elliston	9.53 mi	2	353^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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