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)
510282001174	201	Orange County High	Public	9-12	201 Selma Road	Orange	22960	Orange County	Orange County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 661-4300	1,460	79	18.4	67.1%	904 (61.9%)	208 (14.2%)	205 (14.0%)	11 (0.8%)	3 (0.2%)	7 (0.5%)	122 (8.4%)	$6,761			$228			$6,532	49	64.1	125	76
510352001562	202	Marion Senior High	Public	9-12	848 Stage ST	Marion	24354	Smyth County	Smyth County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(276) 783-4731	596	48	12.3	99.3%	554 (93.0%)	13 (2.2%)	18 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	$8,026			$538			$7,488	48.9	35	255	53
510126000422	203	Fairfax County Adult High	Public	9-12	6815 Edsall Rd	Springfield	22151	Fairfax County	Fairfax County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(703) 658-2740	241	13	18.5		20 (8.3%)	3 (1.2%)	198 (82.2%)	17 (7.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)								48.9	16.9	317	114
510384001879	204	Green Run High	Public	9-12	1700 Dahlia Dr	Virginia Beach	23453	Virginia Beach city	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(757) 648-5350	1,444	95	15.1	79.2%	339 (23.5%)	595 (41.2%)	243 (16.8%)	68 (4.7%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	191 (13.2%)	$12,113			$713			$11,400	48.8	50.2	187	17
510313000186	205	C.D. Hylton High	Public, Magnet	9-12	14051 Spriggs Rd	Woodbridge	22193	Prince William County	Prince William County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(703) 580-4000	1,909	121	15.7	56.6%	300 (15.7%)	363 (19.0%)	959 (50.2%)	186 (9.7%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (5.0%)	$8,088			$62			$8,026	48.3	48.7	195	10
510132000854	206	Liberty High	Public	9-12	6300 Independence Ave	Bealeton	22712	Fauquier County	Fauquier County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 422-7360	1,360	100	13.6	44.3%	677 (49.8%)	123 (9.0%)	462 (34.0%)	18 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	78 (5.7%)	$8,471			$00			$8,471	48.3	30.7	276	70
510093001957	207	Colonial Beach High	Public	8-12	100 First St.	Colonial Beach	22443	Westmoreland County	Colonial Beach Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 224-7166	226	11	21.5	86.3%	132 (58.4%)	56 (24.8%)	12 (5.3%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (9.7%)	$8,215			$00			$8,215	47.9	32.8	266	59
510405001780	208	John Handley High	Public	9-12	425 Handley Blvd	Winchester	22601	Winchester city	Winchester City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 662-3471	1,355	66	20.5	84.5%	501 (37.0%)	124 (9.2%)	590 (43.5%)	47 (3.5%)	12 (0.9%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (5.8%)	$9,444			$397			$9,047	47.9	31.8	270	62
510210000882	209	King George High	Public	9-12	10100 Foxes Way	King George	22485	King George County	King George County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(540) 775-3535	1,493	94	15.8	32.1%	901 (60.3%)	274 (18.4%)	143 (9.6%)	18 (1.2%)	11 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	145 (9.7%)	$8,072			$341			$7,731	47.8	45.8	216	7
510189000795	210	Douglas S. Freeman High	Public, Magnet	9-12	8701 Three Chopt Rd	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(804) 673-3700	1,887	110	17.2	43.2%	1,033 (54.7%)	279 (14.8%)	336 (17.8%)	139 (7.4%)	6 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	91 (4.8%)								47.8	54.7	170	40

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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.