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)
510415001820	21	Tabb High	Public	9-12	4431 Big Bethel Rd	Yorktown	23693	York County	York County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 867-7400	1,123			31.0%	645 (57.4%)	132 (11.8%)	145 (12.9%)	79 (7.0%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	115 (10.2%)	$8,301			$240			$8,061	80.2	84.6	6	15
510390001746	22	John S. Battle High	Public	9-12	21264 Battle Hill Dr	Bristol	24202	Washington County	Washington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 642-5300	659	46	14.3	65.3%	625 (94.8%)	4 (0.6%)	12 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)	$6,064			$267			$5,797	80	71.8	72	50
510051000200	23	Hurley High	Public	8-12	6911 Hurley Road	Hurley	24620	Buchanan County	Buchanan County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 566-8523	216	19	11.3	98.1%	213 (98.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,557			$738			$6,820	80	39.3	241	218
510333001447	24	Cave Spring High	Public	9-12	3712 Chaparral Dr	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 772-7550	1,056	64	16.5	22.5%	824 (78.0%)	69 (6.5%)	60 (5.7%)	56 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (4.4%)	$7,564			$99			$7,465	79.9	81.8	11	13
510381001653	25	Graham High	Public	9-12	210 Valleydale	Bluefield	24605	Tazewell County	Tazewell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 326-1235	529	40	13.2	83.2%	460 (87.0%)	28 (5.3%)	10 (1.9%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.2%)	$7,261			$163			$7,098	79.4	78.2	31	6
510348001532	26	Gate City High	Public	9-12	178 Harry Fry Dr.	Gate City	24251	Scott County	Scott County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 386-7522	619	41	15	77.4%	589 (95.2%)	5 (0.8%)	14 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	$6,038			$138			$5,900	79.3	74.3	54	28
510395001763	27	West Point Middle/High	Public	6-12	2700 Mattaponi Ave	West Point	23181	King William County	West Point Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 843-3630	440	34	12.9	34.5%	310 (70.5%)	47 (10.7%)	23 (5.2%)	13 (3.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (9.8%)	$7,021			$00			$7,021	79.2	66.4	107	80
510288001188	28	Patrick County High	Public	8-12	215 Cougar Lane	Stuart	24171	Patrick County	Patrick County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 694-7137	851	70	12.2	81.6%	697 (81.9%)	43 (5.1%)	73 (8.6%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.8%)	$7,677			$459			$7,219	78.7	76.2	43	15
510126000538	29	McLean High	Public	9-12	1633 Davidson Rd	McLean	22101	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 714-5700	2,441	139	17.5	12.2%	1,208 (49.5%)	101 (4.1%)	348 (14.3%)	620 (25.4%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	157 (6.4%)	$8,768			$105			$8,664	78.6	74.5	53	24
510333002308	30	Hidden Valley High	Public	9-12	5000 Titan Trail	Roanoke	24018	Roanoke County	Roanoke County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 776-7320	830	58	14.3	24.2%	626 (75.4%)	48 (5.8%)	60 (7.2%)	50 (6.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (5.4%)	$8,004			$258			$7,746	78.6	80.5	19	11

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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.