Summary:
Charles City County Public Schools is home to a single high school, Charles City County High, which serves grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 221 students in a small, rural Virginia community. Because this is the only high school in the district, all district-level statistics are identical to the school’s own figures, making Charles City County Public Schools essentially a one-school district for secondary education.
For parents, the most important picture is a small school facing significant challenges. The school has ranked in the bottom 1% of Virginia high schools for three consecutive years, and its graduation rate is 81.8% — more than 10 points below the state average — while the dropout rate of 9.0% is nearly double Virginia’s 5.0%. Academically, the widest gaps are in Biology (40% proficiency vs. 86% statewide), 8th-grade Mathematics (4.55% vs. 46.86%), and World History I (30.43% vs. 72.24%). However, there are bright spots: 11th-grade English Reading proficiency reached 84% in 2024–2025, just 4 points below the state average, and 8th graders taking Algebra I posted a 75% proficiency rate, far better than the 45.83% posted by 9th graders in the same subject. The school also reports a 6.3:1 student-to-teacher ratio and per-pupil spending of $18,265, indicating that financial resources and small class sizes are in place.
Chronic absenteeism is actually at the state average (14.4% vs. 14.8%), suggesting attendance is not the main barrier. Instead, the combination of near-universal economic disadvantage (free/reduced lunch rate above 100% in the data) and persistently low performance in math and science points to deep-rooted academic gaps that begin well before high school. The school’s strongest relative performance is in upper-grade reading, and expanding early Algebra I access may be a promising strategy. Still, with a dropout rate nearly double the state’s and a graduation rate that leaves roughly one in five students not graduating, Charles City County High requires sustained, targeted intervention to improve outcomes for its students.
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