Chancellor High

Summary:

Chancellor High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which is part of the Spotsylvania County Public Schools district. With a declining percentage of White students and an increasing percentage of Hispanic students, Chancellor High has faced significant academic challenges, ranking in the bottom half of Virginia high schools and maintaining a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chancellor High's performance is concerning, particularly for specific student subgroups. The school ranks in the bottom 25% of Virginia high schools for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Disabled students. Its test scores on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments are generally lower than the Spotsylvania County and Virginia state averages across a range of subjects and grade levels, with particularly low performance in Geometry, Chemistry, and World History II. Additionally, the school has seen a significant increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 39.97% in 2021-2022 to 66.71% in 2022-2023, indicating a high rate of economic disadvantage among its student population.

When compared to other high schools in the Spotsylvania County district, such as Spotsylvania High, Massaponax High, and Courtland High, Chancellor High generally performs worse on standardized tests and has a lower statewide ranking. Additionally, the school's per-student spending has decreased from $7,121 in 2018-2019 to $6,703 in 2020-2021, which is lower than the Spotsylvania County average, potentially contributing to the school's academic struggles.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 6300 Harrison Rd
       Fredericksburg, VA  22407


(540) 786-2606

District: Spotsylvania County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
288th of 329 Virginia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,703 Help


Feeder schools for Chancellor High:

Elementary:    Battlefield Elementary
    Salem Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  1,374

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
36.5%
White:
30.7%
African American:
22.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  70.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Chancellor High ranks worse than 87.5% of high schools in Virginia. It also ranks last among 5 ranked high schools in the Spotsylvania County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.92. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Chancellor High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Chancellor High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (36.5%), White (30.7%), African American (22.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 70.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Spotsylvania County Public Schools District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Chancellor High is 15.2, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Spotsylvania County Public Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Chancellor High is $6,703. 2 high schools in the Spotsylvania County Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Chancellor High:

SchoolDigger ranks Chancellor High 288th of 329 Virginia public high schools. (See Chancellor High in the ranking list.)

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Spotsylvania County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Spotsylvania County Public Schools 80th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Chancellor High

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Rank History for all students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 40.72 218th 308 29.2%
2006 29.22 271st 314 13.7%
2007 29.81 270th 313 13.7%
2008 30.21 268th 316 15.2%
2009 32.98 248th 313 20.8%
2010 35.71 245th 317 22.7%
2011 47.23 174th 320 45.6%
2012 36.26 240th 321 25.2%
2013 35.86 230th 321 28.3%
2014 25.20 279th 322 13.4%
2015 32.34 253rd 322 21.4%
2016 34.85 239th 321 25.5%
2017 35.14 244th 324 24.7%
2018 31.69 258th 326 20.9%
2019 23.15 295th 327 9.8%
2021 31.70 240th 327 26.6%
2022 28.53 271st 325 16.6%
2023 30.16 279th 326 14.4%
2024 29.92 288th 329 12.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 11.52 185th 193 4.1%
2024 7.06 196th 198 1.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 18.56 93rd 97 4.1%
2024 16.99 116th 122 4.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.01 266th 320 16.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 36.48 248th 320 22.5%
2024 33.84 254th 322 21.1%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.15 228th 249 8.4%
2024 16.45 233rd 253 7.9%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 41.20 66th 92 28.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.15 283rd 321 11.8%
2024 27.28 278th 322 13.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 28.70 104th 120 13.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 34.85 183rd 240 23.8%
2024 38.15 185th 249 25.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.79 198th 232 14.7%
2024 29.32 197th 233 15.5%
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Rank History for White students at Chancellor High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 56.22 152nd 315 51.7%
2024 53.64 173rd 314 44.9%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent
Sunday, February 12, 2023

Open Quote This is absolutely the worst school in the area (Spotsy, Stafford, Orange, King George, and Caroline counties combined) and has been for around 20 years. Very low income families, very poor teaching staff, and very poor discipline strategies all lead to a hostile, chaotic, and dangerous learning environment and much lower standardized test scores. I work within the school system and everyone says this. I had a daughter attend this school and we had to relocate to send her to a better school. Do NOT send your kid here - if you can help it at all. Close Quote


by a student
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Open Quote Any amount of theft isn't even treated at a misdemeanor, I've already had $50+ stolen from me and nothing has been done to apprehend any of the criminals.

Teachers are only teaching for money and the english department has not taught me ANYTHING all year. It's all about the night book and Tolkien. I was given massive packets of work for two chapters of a book and received no support from my teacher, leading to the grades of most of my classmates to plummet. It's also coincidentally the one class i have a C in.

Any amount of money the school receives is wasted on events that people rarely attend due to all of the stress they have to deal with from this school. NOT ONCE have I just woken up and decided "school should be fun today" but instead constantly had thoughts of suicide and figured it would be much better than attending this hellhole.

I've had thoughts of starting up a community but never was actually able to due to the amount of restrictions and limitations of this school, where they could use whatever funding they received they wasted.

I'd have more to say but I don't save not express my thoughts very well Close Quote



Enrollment information for Chancellor High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 972 972
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1242 1242
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1319 1319
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1323 1323
1993 1213 99 17 28 1 n/a n/a 0 1358
1994 1173 115 18 35 1 n/a n/a 0 1342
1995 1265 161 19 41 5 n/a n/a 0 1491
1996 1265 161 19 41 5 n/a n/a 0 1491
1997 1324 175 20 44 4 n/a n/a 0 1567
1998 1387 204 20 35 4 n/a n/a 0 1650
1999 1122 168 21 36 5 n/a n/a 0 1352
2000 1142 185 22 41 2 n/a n/a -4 1388
2001 1176 187 24 37 1 n/a n/a 0 1425
2002 1200 234 32 59 1 n/a n/a 0 1526
2003 1200 234 32 59 1 n/a n/a 0 1526
2004 1232 251 30 64 5 n/a n/a 0 1582
2005 827 252 32 97 5 n/a n/a 3 1216
2006 860 295 35 107 4 n/a n/a 7 1308
2007 846 331 52 140 6 n/a n/a 8 1383
2008 820 351 60 136 4 n/a n/a 12 1383
2009 795 373 54 156 5 n/a n/a 16 1399
2010 775 349 58 166 3 n/a n/a 11 1362
2011 781 335 61 163 6 1 20 0 1367
2012 770 345 64 170 7 2 27 0 1385
2013 754 324 61 188 4 1 45 0 1377
2014 710 324 53 196 5 2 57 0 1347
2015 699 313 37 224 5 1 58 0 1337
2016 671 292 40 248 3 2 55 0 1311
2017 649 304 33 263 3 2 61 0 1315
2018 584 308 42 278 1 2 61 0 1276
2019 568 316 50 291 1 4 62 0 1292
2020 546 302 49 349 3 5 66 0 1320
2021 519 306 43 376 5 7 76 0 1332
2022 520 303 38 443 7 8 77 0 1396
2023 466 300 40 498 4 4 85 0 1397
2024 422 311 39 502 4 5 91 0 1374

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Chancellor High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 972 53.2 18.2 n/a
1990 1242 70.2 17.6 n/a
1991 1319 76.6 17.2 n/a
1992 1323 78.0 16.9 n/a
1993 1358 79.9 17.0 n/a
1994 1342 110.2 n/a n/a
1995 1491 n/a 0.0 6.6
1996 1491 n/a 0.0 6.6
1997 1567 n/a 0.0 7.4
1998 1650 n/a 0.0 9.6
1999 1352 112.0 12.1 14.6
2000 1388 n/a 0.0 15.4
2001 1425 97.0 14.7 14.8
2002 1526 119.4 12.8 21.3
2003 1526 119.4 12.8 21.3
2004 1582 111.1 14.2 11.4
2005 1216 110.1 11.0 21.4
2006 1308 97.0 13.5 18.5
2007 1383 96.6 14.3 16.4
2008 1383 72.4 19.1 17.1
2009 1399 71.9 19.5 20.6
2010 1362 66.2 20.5 27.2
2011 1367 67.9 20.1 27.8
2012 1385 75.6 18.2 34.4
2013 1377 77.5 17.7 36.2
2014 1347 77.0 17.4 36.9
2015 1337 78.0 17.1 36.8
2016 1311 84.0 15.6 37.8
2017 1315 82.3 15.9 40
2018 1276 86.3 14.7 45.1
2019 1292 79.5 16.2 42.3
2020 1320 84.5 15.6 42.3
2021 1332 79.6 16.7 n/a
2022 1396 88.3 15.8 40
2023 1397 85.0 16.4 66.7
2024 1374 89.8 15.2 70.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Chancellor High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 972 53.2 18.2 n/a
1990 1242 70.2 17.6 n/a
1991 1319 76.6 17.2 n/a
1992 1323 78.0 16.9 n/a
1993 1358 79.9 17.0 n/a
1994 1342 110.2 n/a n/a
1995 1491 n/a 0.0 6.6
1996 1491 n/a 0.0 6.6
1997 1567 n/a 0.0 7.4
1998 1650 n/a 0.0 9.6
1999 1352 112.0 12.1 14.6
2000 1388 n/a 0.0 15.4
2001 1425 97.0 14.7 14.8
2002 1526 119.4 12.8 21.3
2003 1526 119.4 12.8 21.3
2004 1582 111.1 14.2 11.4
2005 1216 110.1 11.0 21.4
2006 1308 97.0 13.5 18.5
2007 1383 96.6 14.3 16.4
2008 1383 72.4 19.1 17.1
2009 1399 71.9 19.5 20.6
2010 1362 66.2 20.5 27.2
2011 1367 67.9 20.1 27.8
2012 1385 75.6 18.2 34.4
2013 1377 77.5 17.7 36.2
2014 1347 77.0 17.4 36.9
2015 1337 78.0 17.1 36.8
2016 1311 84.0 15.6 37.8
2017 1315 82.3 15.9 40
2018 1276 86.3 14.7 45.1
2019 1292 79.5 16.2 42.3
2020 1320 84.5 15.6 42.3
2021 1332 79.6 16.7 n/a
2022 1396 88.3 15.8 40
2023 1397 85.0 16.4 66.7
2024 1374 89.8 15.2 70.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Chancellor High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $239 (3.4%) $6,882 (96.6%) $7,121
2020 $293 (4.2%) $6,687 (95.8%) $6,980
2021 $302 (4.5%) $6,400 (95.5%) $6,703

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Chancellor High

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 295th of 327 High schoolsRanks 279th of 326 High schools
 4.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Writing (Chancellor High)7673
 3%
   End of Course Writing (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)8574
 11%
   End of Course Writing (Virginia)8174
 7%
End of Course Geometry (Chancellor High)6058
 2%
   End of Course Geometry (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)7675
 1%
   End of Course Geometry (Virginia)8380
 3%
End of Course Algebra I (Chancellor High)7370
 3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)8374
 9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Virginia)8680
 6%
End of Course Algebra II (Chancellor High)8283
 1%
   End of Course Algebra II (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)8484
   End of Course Algebra II (Virginia)9186
 5%
End of Course Biology (Chancellor High)8061
 19%
   End of Course Biology (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)8368
 15%
   End of Course Biology (Virginia)8370
 13%
End of Course Earth Science (Chancellor High)6637
 29%
   End of Course Earth Science (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)7432
 42%
   End of Course Earth Science (Virginia)8172
 9%
End of Course English Reading (Chancellor High)8083
 3%
   End of Course English Reading (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)8484
   End of Course English Reading (Virginia)8685
 1%
End of Course Geography (Chancellor High)7063
 7%
   End of Course Geography (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)7970
 9%
   End of Course Geography (Virginia)8066
 14%
End of Course VA and US History (Chancellor High)6017
 43%
   End of Course VA and US History (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)7346
 27%
   End of Course VA and US History (Virginia)6838
 30%
End of Course World History II (Chancellor High)7327
 46%
   End of Course World History II (Spotsylvania County Public Schools)7539
 36%
   End of Course World History II (Virginia)8148
 33%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12921397
 8.1%
African American316300
 5.1%
American Indian14
 300%
Asian5040
 20%
Hispanic291498
 71.1%
Pacific Islander44
White568466
 18%
Two or More Races6285
 37.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.3%66.7%
 24.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Chancellor High

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,374 students attended Chancellor High.

Chancellor High ranks in the bottom 12.5% of Virginia high schools.

Students at Chancellor High are 37% Hispanic, 31% White, 23% African American, 7% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Chancellor High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Battlefield Elementary
Elementary : Salem Elementary


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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.

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