Summary:
The Charles City County Public Schools district in Virginia has only one high school, Charles City County High, which serves grades 7-12 with an enrollment of 215 students.
Charles City County High has consistently ranked in the bottom 10-15% of high schools in Virginia, with a ranking of 325 out of 328 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's performance on state assessments is generally well below the state average across various subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 13.04% in 7th grade math to 84% in 11th grade English reading, compared to state averages of 52.97% and 87.99%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate of 92.8% is slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate of 4.5% is higher than the state average.
The school faces significant challenges, including a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among its student population. However, the school's student-teacher ratio of 5.9 is relatively low, and its per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $11,186, which is higher than the state average. These factors suggest that the district is investing resources in the school, but the persistently low performance raises questions about the effective use of these resources and the challenges the school may be facing in terms of staffing, curriculum, and other support systems.
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