Best High Schools in Virginia for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 314)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
510324002075	1	Richmond Community High	Public	9-12	201 E Brookland Park Boulevard	Richmond	23222	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 285-1015	200	28	7	99.5%	51 (25.5%)	115 (57.5%)	19 (9.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.0%)	$10,923			$00			$10,923	99.7%	87.5%	12.14%
510411001805	2	Rural Retreat High	Public	9-12	321 E Buck St	Rural Retreat	24368	Wythe County	Wythe County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 686-4143	312	23	13.7	74.0%	300 (96.2%)	4 (1.3%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$8,228			$98			$8,129	99.4%	99.7%	0.33%
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	99.0%	98.5%	0.56%
510129000283	4	Meridian High	Public	9-12	121 Mustang Alley	Falls Church	22043	Fairfax County	Falls Church City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 248-5500	865	64	13.5	9.9%	550 (63.6%)	29 (3.4%)	126 (14.6%)	64 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (11.1%)	$14,032			$106			$13,926	98.7%	97.3%	1.46%
510415002330	5	York River Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	9300 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy.	Yorktown	23692	York County	York County Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(757) 898-0516	68				50 (73.5%)	5 (7.4%)	5 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.8%)	$23,501			$3,957			$19,544	98.4%	98.8%	0.38%
510395001763	6	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	98.1%	91.8%	6.30%
510126002034	7	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%)								97.8%	99.1%	1.32%
510006000007	8	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	97.5%	95.1%	2.32%
510039003009	9	Bland County High	Public	7-12	176 Eagles Road	Rocky Gap	24366	Bland County	Bland County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 928-1100	425	19	22.3	67.8%	367 (86.4%)	17 (4.0%)	17 (4.0%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.8%)	$7,771			$223			$7,549	97.1%	99.4%	2.26%
510027000112	10	Washington-Liberty High	Public	9-12	1301 N Stafford St	Arlington	22201	Arlington County	Arlington County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 228-6200	2,715	171	15.8	24.1%	1,143 (42.1%)	216 (8.0%)	902 (33.2%)	247 (9.1%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	203 (7.5%)	$9,380			$06			$9,373	96.8%	65.3%	31.47%

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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.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.