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)
510165000686	151	Goochland High	Public	9-12	3250A River Road West	Goochland	23063	Goochland County	Goochland County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 556-5322	890	61	14.5	28.4%	623 (70.0%)	130 (14.6%)	67 (7.5%)	19 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	48 (5.4%)	$8,805			$381			$8,424	58.6	51.9	180	29
510318001345	152	Radford High	Public	9-12	50 Dalton Dr	Radford	24141	Radford city	Radford City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 731-3649	504	43	11.7	42.1%	378 (75.0%)	48 (9.5%)	23 (4.6%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	48 (9.5%)	$10,613			$340			$10,273	58.6	62.6	138	14
510120000419	153	Essex High	Public	9-12	833 High School Circle	Tappahannock	22560	Essex County	Essex County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 443-4301	514	37	13.8	100.8%	151 (29.4%)	282 (54.9%)	28 (5.4%)	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.4%)	$6,254			$134			$6,121	58.4	30.5	278	125
510180000731	154	Bethel High	Public	9-12	1067 Big Bethel Rd	Hampton	23666	Hampton city	Hampton City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 825-4400	1,777	119	14.9	86.0%	295 (16.6%)	1,189 (66.9%)	137 (7.7%)	28 (1.6%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	121 (6.8%)	$7,679			$397			$7,281	58.4	53.9	175	21
510126002436	155	South County High	Public	9-12	8501 Silverbrook Road	Lorton	22079	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 446-1600	2,273	138	16.5	23.1%	825 (36.3%)	525 (23.1%)	343 (15.1%)	417 (18.3%)	2 (0.1%)	5 (0.2%)	156 (6.9%)	$9,160			$105			$9,055	58.3	60.3	147	8
510180000755	156	Phoebus High	Public	9-12	100 Ireland St	Hampton	23663	Hampton city	Hampton City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 727-1000	1,365	85	16	85.6%	214 (15.7%)	923 (67.6%)	97 (7.1%)	11 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	113 (8.3%)	$8,060			$409			$7,651	57.9	46	215	59
510081001832	157	Deep Creek High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2900 Margaret Booker Dr	Chesapeake	23323	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 558-5302	1,597	113	14.1	48.8%	546 (34.2%)	625 (39.1%)	212 (13.3%)	54 (3.4%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	150 (9.4%)	$10,978			$364			$10,614	57.6	64.1	124	33
510225001627	158	Potomac Falls High	Public	9-12	46400 Algonkian Pkwy	Potomac Falls	20165	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(571) 434-3200	1,606	125	12.8	36.4%	660 (41.1%)	158 (9.8%)	455 (28.3%)	222 (13.8%)	12 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	96 (6.0%)	$15,418			$461			$14,957	57.5	62	141	17
510162000680	159	Gloucester High	Public	9-12	6680 Short Lane	Gloucester	23061	Gloucester County	Gloucester County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 693-2526	1,531	107	14.3	39.4%	1,197 (78.2%)	111 (7.3%)	106 (6.9%)	10 (0.7%)	6 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	98 (6.4%)	$7,490			$325			$7,165	57.1	65.2	117	42
510327001409	160	Rappahannock High	Public	8-12	6914 Richmond Rd	Warsaw	22572	Richmond County	Richmond County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 333-3551	525	37	14.1	74.7%	320 (61.0%)	107 (20.4%)	74 (14.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.0%)	$7,769			$428			$7,341	57	50.4	185	25

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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.