Summary:
Zip code 22443 is home to just one high school, Colonial Beach High, which serves grades 8 through 12 and enrolls 226 students in the Colonial Beach Public Schools district. This small, high-poverty school in Colonial Beach, Virginia has a free/reduced lunch rate of 89.82%, yet benefits from substantial per-student spending of $20,321. Because this is the only high school in the area, all district-level data is identical to the school's own performance numbers.
Colonial Beach High stands out most dramatically for its graduation and dropout rates: a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, compared to state averages of 92.3% and 5.0%, respectively. The school also demonstrates clear strength in mathematics, outperforming Virginia state averages in Geometry (100% vs. 85.88% proficiency), Algebra I (88.57% vs. 80.21%), and 8th-grade mathematics (60% vs. 46.86%) in the most recent testing year. On the other hand, English reading proficiency lags behind the state, with 11th-grade reading at 77.14% versus the state's 88.13%, and 8th-grade reading at 66.67% versus 73.51%. Writing proficiency improved from 70.45% to 79.41%, now nearly matching the state average of 79.89%.
The school's statewide rank has improved over three years, climbing from 207th to 186th out of roughly 330 schools, though it still sits in the 44th percentile with a 2-star rating. Chronic absenteeism is 14.0%, slightly better than the state's 14.8%. The student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1 is relatively high, which is notable given the elevated per-pupil spending. Overall, Colonial Beach High excels at keeping students enrolled and graduating on time, with strong math outcomes, while literacy and some science and social studies scores remain areas of concern. The steady upward trend in ranking suggests the school is building on a solid foundation.
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