Lee High

Lee High is a public high school located in Jonesville, Virginia, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 777 students. The school is part of the Lee County Public Schools district, which is ranked 53 out of 129 school districts in Virginia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lee High has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 129 out of 326 Virginia high schools in 2022-2023 (rated 3 stars) to 217 out of 327 in 2020-2021 (rated 2 stars), indicating room for improvement in overall academic performance. The school has shown some disparities in the performance of different student subgroups, with male students generally outperforming female students and white students ranking in the bottom half of Virginia high schools in recent years. However, the school has performed relatively well with low socioeconomic status students, ranking in the top third of Virginia high schools for this subgroup.

Lee High has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 84.4% to 92.8% in recent years, but has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with the percentage of chronically absent students ranging from 12.4% to 41.2%. The nearby Thomas Walker High School, which is also part of the Lee County Public Schools district, has generally outperformed Lee High in terms of statewide ranking and academic performance, providing a potential model for improvement. Ensuring adequate and equitable resource allocation, including appropriate staffing levels, could be an area of focus to support student success at Lee High.