Best High Schools in Virginia

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 329)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
510411001800	11	Fort Chiswell High	Public	9-12	#1 Pioneer Trail	Max Meadows	24360	Wythe County	Wythe County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 637-3437	435	32	13.7	72.6%	419 (96.3%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$7,899			$02			$7,897	82.9	70.3	82	71
510352001563	12	Northwood High	Public	9-12	305 Panther Ln	Saltville	24370	Smyth County	Smyth County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 496-7751	240	23	10.5	86.7%	225 (93.8%)	2 (0.8%)	10 (4.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$8,868			$867			$8,002	82.6	74.3	55	43
510081001482	13	Hickory High	Public	9-12	1996 Hawk Blvd	Chesapeake	23322	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 421-4295	1,581	108	14.7	11.2%	1,194 (75.5%)	69 (4.4%)	155 (9.8%)	40 (2.5%)	7 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	115 (7.3%)	$10,367			$276			$10,090	82.5	83	9	4
510126000517	14	Langley High	Public	9-12	6520 Georgetown Pike	Mclean	22101	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 287-2700	2,123	117	18.1	3.9%	1,140 (53.7%)	36 (1.7%)	149 (7.0%)	624 (29.4%)	8 (0.4%)	1 (0.0%)	165 (7.8%)	$8,882			$104			$8,777	82.2	83.6	8	6
510042000171	15	James River High	Public	9-12	9906 Springwood Rd	Buchanan	24066	Botetourt County	Botetourt County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 254-1121	460	33	13.8	31.5%	424 (92.2%)	8 (1.7%)	13 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	$9,081			$244			$8,837	81.8	80.2	22	7
510006000007	16	Chincoteague High	Public	6-12	4586 Main St	Chincoteague	23336	Accomack County	Accomack County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 336-6166	295	28	10.7	105.4%	236 (80.0%)	31 (10.5%)	12 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	$9,570			$620			$8,950	81.4	76.3	42	26
510183000114	17	Atlee High	Public	9-12	9414 Atlee Station Road	Mechanicsville	23116	Hanover County	Hanover County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 723-2100	1,526	98	15.6	14.8%	1,228 (80.5%)	110 (7.2%)	70 (4.6%)	45 (2.9%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (4.5%)	$8,254			$430			$7,824	81.3	78.9	27	10
510027000115	18	Yorktown High	Public	9-12	5200 Yorktown Blvd	Arlington	22207	Arlington County	Arlington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 228-5400	2,577	152	16.9	12.3%	1,576 (61.2%)	141 (5.5%)	429 (16.6%)	191 (7.4%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	234 (9.1%)	$8,978			$00			$8,978	81.3	80.4	20	2
510126000600	19	Woodson High	Public	9-12	9525 Main St	Fairfax	22031	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 503-4600	2,478	163	15.2	12.9%	1,212 (48.9%)	128 (5.2%)	329 (13.3%)	621 (25.1%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	183 (7.4%)	$9,753			$84			$9,669	80.4	80.5	18	1
510126000585	20	West Springfield High	Public	9-12	6100 Rolling Rd	Springfield	22152	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 913-3800	2,663	152	17.5	17.0%	1,289 (48.4%)	326 (12.2%)	451 (16.9%)	359 (13.5%)	16 (0.6%)	4 (0.2%)	218 (8.2%)	$8,562			$87			$8,475	80.3	80.4	21	1

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SOL Writing, SOL Geometry, SOL Algebra I, SOL Algebra II, SOL Chemistry, SOL Biology, SOL Earth Science, SOL English Reading, SOL Geography, SOL VA and US History, SOL World History I, SOL World History II test scores released by the Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Education.
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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.