📍 560 West Indian Valley Road, Covington, Covington city, 24426
Jeter-Watson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Covington, Covington city. The school has 638 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–7 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
Jeter-Watson Elementary enrolls 638 students across grades Pre-K–7. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 9.9% Black or African American and 6.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 490 | 77% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 6.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
269 of the school's 638 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 269 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jeter-Watson Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-60, state senate district 25, state house district 19.
Jeter-Watson Elementary is one of 8 schools in Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, based in Low Moor, Virginia. The district serves 2,804 students district-wide and employs 228 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 638 students, Jeter-Watson Elementary is larger than the district average of about 351 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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