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Carver College And Career Academy

Q: Is Carver College And Career Academy a good school?

Carver College And Career Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Virginia high schools.

Q: How many students attend Carver College And Career Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 272 students attended Carver College And Career Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Carver College And Career Academy?

Students at Carver College And Career Academy are 42% African American, 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.

Public Grades 9-12

324^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 331 Virginia High Schools

Better than 2% of Virginia high schools

Summary

Carver College and Career Academy is a small public high school in Chester, Virginia, serving 272 students in grades 9–12 as part of Chesterfield County Public Schools. Despite being in a mid-tier district, Carver has ranked among the lowest-performing high schools in Virginia for years — 324th out of 331 high schools (2nd percentile) for 2025-2026.

The numbers are stark when compared with nearby schools. Carver's graduation rate for 2024-2025 was 25.1%, while Thomas Dale High, just 2.2 miles away, graduated 91.6% of its students. The dropout rate at Carver was 38.9%, compared with 8.5% districtwide. More than half of Carver students (57.8%) were chronically absent — more than three times the district rate of 16.1%. Test scores tell a similar story: only 31.3% of 9th graders passed Algebra I, compared with 66.3% across the district, and 10th-grade writing proficiency was 28.0% versus 65.7% districtwide.

What makes Carver's struggles especially striking is its resources. The school spends $20,496 per student — roughly two and a half times what nearby Chesterfield high schools spend — and has a student-teacher ratio of just 6.5. Yet outcomes remain far worse than schools serving nearly identical populations. Matoaca High, for example, has a similar poverty rate (74.2% free/reduced-price lunch) but a 93.3% graduation rate. The trajectory is not improving: graduation rates fell from 44.4% in 2020-2021 to 25.1% in 2024-2025, and every student subgroup ranks in the bottom 7% statewide. Small bright spots exist, such as 11th-grade Biology proficiency reaching 91.7% in 2024-2025, but they are inconsistent from year to year. Chronic absenteeism appears to be the central challenge, and the data suggest Carver needs substantial intervention.

272

Students ?

6.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,496

Per pupil spending ?

75.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12400 Branders Bridge Road
Chester, VA 23831

(804) 768-6156

District: Chesterfield County Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

African American:

41.5%

White:

29.4%

Hispanic:

21.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 6 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Virginia average (41% vs 78% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Virginia average (25% vs 92%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school41%

District avg74%

Virginia avg78%

324^th of 331

Virginia public high schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 11High Schools in the Chesterfield County Public Schools

73^rd of 131Chesterfield County Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	13.6	324 of 331	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.8	313 of 328	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.0	326 of 329	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.3	323 of 326	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.4	315 of 325	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	0.5	325 of 327	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	316 of 327	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	310 of 326	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	14.1	311 of 324	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.2	309 of 321	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	5.0	321 of 322	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	3.8	320 of 322	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	0.6	320 of 321	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	3.4	318 of 321	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.6	317 of 320	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	23.3	290 of 317	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	36.1	231 of 313	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	41.9	205 of 316	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	58.4	98 of 313	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2006	13.1	306 of 314	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	9.7	303 of 308	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	19.2	301 of 322	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	0.8	321 of 322	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	5.1	320 of 321	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.4	321 of 324	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	3.6	319 of 320	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	3.2	324 of 325	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	1.2	321 of 322	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.9	321 of 322	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	0.4	313 of 313	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2026)7th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile~ school

Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school

White (2025)<1st percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

English Reading65%-22 vs state

Biology38%-30 vs state

World History I32%-40 vs state

Algebra I31%-49 vs state

Writing27%-37 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Writing (2026)				SOL Geometry (2026)			SOL Algebra I (2026)				SOL Algebra II (2026)			SOL Biology (2026)				SOL Earth Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)			SOL Geography (2026)	SOL VA and US History (2026)			SOL World History I (2026)				SOL World History II (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Writing 9th Grade	SOL Writing 10th Grade	SOL Writing 11th Grade	SOL Writing 12th Grade	SOL Geometry 9th Grade	SOL Geometry 10th Grade	SOL Geometry 11th Grade	SOL Algebra I 9th Grade	SOL Algebra I 10th Grade	SOL Algebra I 11th Grade	SOL Algebra I 12th Grade	SOL Algebra II 9th Grade	SOL Algebra II 10th Grade	SOL Algebra II 11th Grade	SOL Biology 9th Grade	SOL Biology 10th Grade	SOL Biology 11th Grade	SOL Biology 12th Grade	SOL Earth Science 9th Grade	SOL English Reading 10th Grade	SOL English Reading 11th Grade	SOL English Reading 12th Grade	SOL Geography 9th Grade	SOL VA and US History 10th Grade	SOL VA and US History 11th Grade	SOL VA and US History 12th Grade	SOL World History I 9th Grade	SOL World History I 10th Grade	SOL World History I 11th Grade	SOL World History I 12th Grade	SOL World History II 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carver College And Career Academy	Public	9-12	12400 Branders Bridge Road	Chester	23831	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 768-6156	272	42	6.5	75.4%	80 (29.4%)	113 (41.5%)	57 (21.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.6%)	13.6	324^th of 331 public high schools	2.1%		17.8	313^th of 328 public high schools	4.6%	11	25.0	28.0						31.3								37.0	39.3				62.5	70.6					32.4					$20,496	$392	$20,104
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	2,582	190	13.5	74.2%	867 (33.6%)	973 (37.7%)	546 (21.1%)	53 (2.1%)	7 (0.3%)	11 (0.4%)	125 (4.8%)	48.5	207^th of 331 public high schools	37.5%		47.3	213^th of 328 public high schools	35.1%	6		62.2	70.0	73.3	60.3	16.7		71.4	88.1	91.3	100.0	81.0	50.0		87.6	71.4	88.2	97.1	80.0	72.0	87.2	89.8	59.9	69.2	59.9	77.8	85.7				49.6	$7,999	$447	$7,552
Lloyd C. Bird High	Public	9-12	10301 Courthouse Rd.	Chesterfield	23832	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 768-6110	2,131	144	14.7	74.0%	452 (21.2%)	866 (40.6%)	674 (31.6%)	47 (2.2%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	89 (4.2%)	31.1	275^th of 331 public high schools	16.9%		32.9	274^th of 328 public high schools	16.5%	1		50.5	25.8		41.8	15.4		57.5	70.8	94.4	86.7	100.0			69.5	62.8	73.7	80.7		66.7	81.8	76.0	87.9	24.7	35.5	61.5	63.1	56.6	80.0	94.6	33.9	$7,475	$50	$7,425
Matoaca High	Public	9-12	17700 Longhouse Lane	Chesterfield	23838	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 590-3108	1,624	119	13.7	74.2%	650 (40.0%)	680 (41.9%)	178 (11.0%)	13 (0.8%)	5 (0.3%)	4 (0.2%)	94 (5.8%)	30.7	276^th of 331 public high schools	16.6%		39	251^st of 328 public high schools	23.5%	25		56.7	57.9		47.7	16.3		60.8	73.3		100.0	100.0	18.5	18.2	76.6	50.7	60.7	90.3		70.0	84.7	84.6	48.2	25.0	32.8	60.0	82.1			88.6	27.3	$8,251	$188	$8,064
Meadowbrook High	Public	9-12	4901 Cogbill Rd.	North Chesterfield	23234	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 743-3675	1,953	148	13.1	73.7%	113 (5.8%)	744 (38.1%)	1,019 (52.2%)	29 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	45 (2.3%)	25.7	302^nd of 331 public high schools	8.8%		18.8	312^th of 328 public high schools	4.9%	10		40.7	36.8	51.6	41.4	32.7	20.7	49.2	65.5	90.9	97.2			45.8	76.0	54.1	85.5	90.2		34.8	75.9	69.5	42.3	7.7	26.1	63.6	57.9	66.7	93.0	92.5	35.6	$8,180	$266	$7,914
Colonial Heights High	Public	9-12	3600 Conduit Rd	Colonial Heights	23834	Colonial Heights city	Colonial Heights City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 524-3405	886	66	13.4	97.2%	427 (48.2%)	229 (25.8%)	123 (13.9%)	28 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (8.8%)	56	171^st of 331 public high schools	48.3%		60.2	145^th of 328 public high schools	55.8%	26					76.1			88.8	68.8						79.4	76.0	71.4			63.6	85.3	66.7										$11,800	$521	$11,279
Manchester High	Public	9-12	12601 Bailey Bridge Rd.	Midlothian	23112	Chesterfield County	Chesterfield County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 739-6275	2,236	165	13.5	74.0%	991 (44.3%)	592 (26.5%)	465 (20.8%)	46 (2.1%)	5 (0.2%)	1 (0.0%)	136 (6.1%)	41.2	239^th of 331 public high schools	27.8%		43.8	233^rd of 328 public high schools	29.0%	6		65.4	75.0		74.8	26.8		68.5	90.3	81.3	81.8	92.3			83.6	61.1	48.2	70.4		66.7	85.4	56.4			27.0		73.5	50.0	88.2	76.9	27.5	$8,735	$438	$8,296
Hopewell High	Public	9-12	400 S Mesa Dr	Hopewell	23860	Hopewell city	Hopewell City Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 541-6402	1,136	69	16.3	101.2%	215 (18.9%)	715 (62.9%)	157 (13.8%)	9 (0.8%)	8 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (2.7%)	15.6	319^th of 331 public high schools	3.6%		22.2	307^th of 328 public high schools	6.4%	12			57.1		80.0			56.4	41.4	60.0		62.5			84.9	47.7	56.4	77.4	50.0		76.8	52.9			36.7	67.7	42.6	28.0		90.0	25.0	$10,086	$720	$9,366
Varina High	Public, Magnet	9-12	7053 Messer Rd	Richmond	23231	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	Yes	No	No	(804) 226-8700	1,420	103	13.7	86.3%	173 (12.2%)	1,093 (77.0%)	81 (5.7%)	7 (0.5%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	59 (4.2%)	48.3	209^th of 331 public high schools	36.9%		34	269^th of 328 public high schools	18.0%	60					47.2			80.1	87.5	94.1		81.5			70.6	70.4	90.3	100.0		76.9	86.5	89.1										$9,967	$661	$9,306
Richmond High School for the Arts	Public	9-12	4314 Crutchfield St	Richmond	23225	Richmond city	Richmond City Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(804) 780-5037	1,116	117	9.5	94.4%	40 (3.6%)	434 (38.9%)	611 (54.7%)	18 (1.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (0.8%)	13.5	325^th of 331 public high schools	1.8%		6.4	326^th of 328 public high schools	0.6%	1		19.6	22.2	55.6				66.7	81.3	91.7	85.7	53.3	35.3		40.7	45.5	68.0	97.2			54.6	75.9				31.7						$9,953	$668	$9,285

Frequently Asked Questions about Carver College And Career Academy

How many students attend Carver College And Career Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 272 students attended Carver College And Career Academy.

What district is Carver College And Career Academy in?

Chesterfield County Public Schools

Is Carver College And Career Academy a good school?

Carver College And Career Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Virginia high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Carver College And Career Academy?

Students at Carver College And Career Academy are 42% African American, 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races.

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