Summary:
Zip code 22939 in Fishersville, Virginia, is served by a single public high school: Wilson Memorial High, which enrolls 837 students in grades 9 through 12 as part of Augusta County Public Schools. The school currently ranks 105th out of 331 Virginia high schools, placing it in the 68th percentile with a 3-star rating, notably outperforming its district, which sits in the 43rd percentile of Virginia districts.
Wilson Memorial has improved its state ranking for three straight years, moving from 128th (61st percentile) in 2023–2024 to 118th (64th percentile) in 2024–2025, and now 105th in 2025–2026. The school shows clear academic strengths on SOL tests, including 95.92% proficiency in 9th-grade Geometry, 92.22% in 11th-grade English Reading, 84.34% in 9th-grade Earth Science, and 87.23% in 9th-grade Geography. The 10th-grade Earth Science result is especially notable at 80% proficiency versus just 45.19% statewide. However, challenges remain: the graduation rate of 91.4% is slightly below the state's 92.3%, and chronic absenteeism of 17.8% exceeds both district (14.9%) and state (14.8%) levels.
Despite a majority economically disadvantaged population (55.08% free/reduced lunch), Wilson Memorial outperforms state averages in several subjects. Areas needing attention include 12th-grade English Reading (71.43% vs. 86.11% district), 10th-grade Geography (59.09%), and Algebra I declines across 9th and 10th grades compared to the previous year—down 7.2 and 12.6 percentage points, respectively. With only one high school in this zip code, Wilson Memorial's steady upward trajectory carries particular significance for local families. Per-student spending is $8,374 with a student-teacher ratio of 14.1.
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