Summary:
The Hampton City Public Schools district in Virginia is home to four high schools that serve students in grades 9-12. These schools, Bethel High, Kecoughtan High, Phoebus High, and Hampton High, each have their own unique strengths and challenges.
Bethel High stands out as the largest school in the district with 1,777 students and the highest percentage of African American students at 66.91%. The school consistently performs well, ranking 154th out of 329 Virginia high schools and receiving a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Bethel High's students excel in subjects like Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry, with proficiency rates significantly above the district and state averages.
While the schools in the district generally perform better than the state averages in most subject areas, particularly in math and science, they face challenges in humanities subjects like World History II. Additionally, all four high schools have a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 85.57% to 86.04%, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges faced by the district. The schools also vary in their student-teacher ratios, with Kecoughtan High having the lowest ratio at 13.7 and Phoebus High having the highest ratio at 16.
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