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)
510171000702	241	William Monroe High	Public	9-12	254 Monroe Drive	Stanardsville	22973	Greene County	Greene County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 939-9004	979	66	14.8	67.2%	684 (69.9%)	56 (5.7%)	141 (14.4%)	15 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (8.2%)	$6,864			$51			$6,813	39.9	46.1	213	28
510177001848	242	Halifax County High	Public	9-12	High School Cir	South Boston	24592	Halifax County	Halifax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(434) 572-4977	1,350	112	12	98.9%	617 (45.7%)	600 (44.4%)	62 (4.6%)	13 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (4.1%)	$7,904			$406			$7,498	39.6	34	261	19
510212000886	243	King William High	Public	9-12	80 Cavalier Drive	King William	23086	King William County	King William County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 769-3434	678	50	13.4	37.6%	520 (76.7%)	107 (15.8%)	17 (2.5%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.5%)	$8,075			$441			$7,634	39.6	51.3	181	62
510084000350	244	Thomas Dale High	Public	9-12	3626 W. Hundred Rd.	Chester	23831	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 768-6245	2,570	172	14.9	74.0%	912 (35.5%)	957 (37.2%)	504 (19.6%)	66 (2.6%)	6 (0.2%)	11 (0.4%)	114 (4.4%)	$6,654			$393			$6,261	39.3	38.1	243	1
510126000495	245	Herndon High	Public	9-12	700 Bennett St	Herndon	20170	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 810-2200	2,360	193	12.2	51.2%	645 (27.3%)	157 (6.7%)	1,255 (53.2%)	200 (8.5%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (4.1%)	$11,221			$256			$10,965	39	26.6	292	47
510189000811	246	John Randolph Tucker High	Public, Magnet	9-12	2910 N Parham Rd	Richmond	23294	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(804) 527-4600	2,032	109	18.7	92.3%	551 (27.1%)	438 (21.6%)	569 (28.0%)	355 (17.5%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	116 (5.7%)								38.7	44.5	222	24
510398001768	247	Westmoreland High	Public	9-12	16762 Kings Highway	Montross	22520	Westmoreland County	Westmoreland County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 493-8019	494	38	12.9	99.0%	166 (33.6%)	198 (40.1%)	101 (20.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.3%)								38.6	29.6	284	37
510051001947	248	Twin Valley High	Public	8-12	14449 Dismal River Road	Pilgrims Knob	24634	Buchanan County	Buchanan County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 259-7818	186	15	12.8	99.5%	180 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$7,308			$496			$6,812	38.6	44	224	24
510342002042	249	Lebanon High	Public	8-12	105 Charles C Long Drive	Lebanon	24266	Russell County	Russell County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 889-6539	598	41	14.5	91.6%	580 (97.0%)	5 (0.8%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$6,374			$656			$5,718	38.5	48.8	194	55
510267001117	250	Matthew Fontaine Maury High	Public, Magnet	9-12	322 Shirley Ave	Norfolk	23517	Norfolk city	Norfolk City Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(757) 628-3344	1,736	108	16	97.9%	465 (26.8%)	959 (55.2%)	148 (8.5%)	48 (2.8%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	107 (6.2%)								38.5	36	251	1

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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:

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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.