Summary:
Zip code 24087 (Elliston, VA) is served by a single elementary school, Eastern Montgomery Elementary, which enrolls 376 students in grades PK–5 as part of Montgomery County Public Schools, a district ranked in the 61st percentile statewide.
Eastern Montgomery Elementary is a high-poverty school—88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch—and its academic performance lags far behind both its district and Virginia averages. Across all eight tested subject/grade combinations in 2025–2026, the school averaged about 54% proficiency, compared to roughly 77% for Montgomery County and 72% for the state. The most concerning areas are 5th grade math (36% proficient) and 5th grade science (44% proficient), both well below district and state levels. Math proficiency also declines sharply by grade: from 64% in 3rd grade to 49% in 4th and 36% in 5th, suggesting students fall further behind as they progress. On a positive note, chronic absenteeism (11%) is lower than both the district (13.6%) and state (14.8%), indicating that attendance is not the primary barrier to learning.
Despite the overall low rankings, the school shows meaningful signs of improvement. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, 4th grade reading jumped from 41% to 64% proficiency, and 4th grade VA Studies rose from 30% to 60%. These gains helped lift the school’s state percentile from the 8th to the 12th, though it remains in the bottom tier. Per-student spending is moderate ($11,646) and the student-teacher ratio is favorable (12.9:1), so additional resources alone may not be the answer. Parents should know that while this school faces significant academic challenges—especially in upper-grade math and science—it has demonstrated capacity for rapid improvement in specific subjects, and its attendance record is a genuine strength.
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