Best High Schools in Virginia for African American Students

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Every year, the Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SOL test scores by the Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 249)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
510387001733	1	Warren County High	Public	9-12	155 Westminster Drive	Front Royal	22630	Warren County	Warren County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 635-4144	833	59	14.1	65.3%	660 (79.2%)	32 (3.8%)	83 (10.0%)	10 (1.2%)	6 (0.7%)	5 (0.6%)	37 (4.4%)	$10,536			$407			$10,130	99.6%	59.9%	39.72%
510126002034	2	Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology	Public, Magnet	9-12	6560 Braddock Rd	Alexandria	22312	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 750-8300	1,967	114	17.2	10.8%	387 (19.7%)	78 (4.0%)	120 (6.1%)	1,291 (65.6%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	86 (4.4%)								99.2%	99.1%	0.11%
510324001373	3	Open High	Public	9-12	600 S Pine St	Richmond	23220	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 780-4661	183	16	11.6	100.0%	72 (39.3%)	68 (37.2%)	34 (18.6%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$8,460			$00			$8,460	98.8%	98.5%	0.31%
510313001313	4	Osbourn Park High	Public, Magnet	9-12	8909 Euclid Ave	Manassas	20111	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 365-6500	2,757	161	17.1	47.5%	604 (21.9%)	468 (17.0%)	1,169 (42.4%)	378 (13.7%)	5 (0.2%)	8 (0.3%)	125 (4.5%)	$7,552			$74			$7,478	98.4%	48.3%	50.07%
510225002865	5	John Champe High	Public	9-12	41535 Sacred Mountain Street	Aldie	20105	Loudoun County	Loudoun County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 722-2680	1,598	127	12.6	21.1%	480 (30.0%)	175 (11.0%)	157 (9.8%)	686 (42.9%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	93 (5.8%)	$13,405			$405			$13,000	98.0%	80.5%	17.44%
510313001288	6	Brentsville District High	Public, Magnet	9-12	12109 Aden Rd	Nokesville	20181	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 594-2161	883	63	14	20.2%	588 (66.6%)	44 (5.0%)	171 (19.4%)	37 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (4.5%)	$9,601			$136			$9,465	97.6%	46.2%	51.39%
510081002765	7	Grassfield High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2007 Grizzly Trail	Chesapeake	23323	Chesapeake city	Chesapeake City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 558-4749	2,314	150	15.4	14.9%	1,288 (55.7%)	381 (16.5%)	288 (12.4%)	119 (5.1%)	8 (0.3%)	3 (0.1%)	227 (9.8%)	$8,488			$229			$8,260	97.2%	98.2%	0.99%
510228000939	8	Louisa County High	Public	9-12	757 Davis Hwy	Mineral	23117	Louisa County	Louisa County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 894-5436	1,653			63.2%	1,121 (67.8%)	263 (15.9%)	135 (8.2%)	14 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	116 (7.0%)	$10,108			$00			$10,108	96.8%	97.6%	0.78%
510126000538	9	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	96.4%	91.2%	5.20%
510294001227	10	Tunstall High	Public	9-12	100 Trojan Cir	Dry Fork	24549	Pittsylvania County	Pittsylvania County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 724-7111	843	57	14.8	80.0%	629 (74.6%)	116 (13.8%)	72 (8.5%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.4%)	$7,297			$234			$7,063	96.0%	97.9%	1.89%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.