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Best High Schools in Zip Code 23061

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1,547

Students

Top rankedGloucester High122^nd of 331 Virginia high schools

Summary:

Zip code 23061 contains one high school, Gloucester High, serving grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 1,547 students in the Gloucester County Public Schools district. Despite having a majority economically disadvantaged student body (65% eligible for free/reduced-price lunch), the school posts a 96.2% graduation rate and a 1.3% dropout rate, both significantly better than Virginia state averages. The district itself is highly rated, ranking 16th out of 131 divisions with a 4-star rating, while the school’s own state ranking has fluctuated recently from 159th (2023–2024) to 101st (2024–2025) to 122nd (2025–2026) out of roughly 330 high schools.

Academically, Gloucester High shows clear strengths in science and math for underclassmen. In 2025–2026, 100% of 9th graders testing in Algebra II and Biology were proficient, and 9th-grade Geometry (91.8%) and Algebra I (87.3%) both exceeded state averages. Biology proficiency in 10th grade (81.41%) and 12th grade (95.24%) also topped the state by wide margins. However, there are notable soft spots. The most glaring is 9th-grade World History I, where only 20% of students were proficient in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, compared to a state average near 72%. Upperclassmen retesting in Algebra I and English Reading also lag well behind state averages, with 12th-grade Algebra I at 60% and 12th-grade Reading at 63.64%.

Year-over-year trends show modest declines in several subjects, including Geometry, Algebra I, Biology, and 11th-grade Reading, though most remain at or above state proficiency. Chronic absenteeism sits at 15.9%, slightly above the district (15.3%) and state (14.8%), but this has not hurt graduation outcomes. For parents, the takeaway is that Gloucester High excels at getting students to graduation and performs strongly in math and science for students testing on time, while history and late-in-career test-takers are areas needing attention. Overall, it is a solid mid-to-upper-tier school with meaningful strengths and some clear improvement opportunities.

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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 Chemistry (2026)			SOL Biology (2026)				SOL English Reading (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 11th Grade	SOL Writing 12th Grade	SOL Geometry 9th Grade	SOL Geometry 10th Grade	SOL Geometry 12th 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 11th Grade	SOL Chemistry 10th Grade	SOL Chemistry 11th Grade	SOL Chemistry 12th Grade	SOL Biology 9th Grade	SOL Biology 10th Grade	SOL Biology 11th Grade	SOL Biology 12th Grade	SOL English Reading 11th Grade	SOL English Reading 12th 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 12th Grade	SOL World History II 9th Grade	SOL World History II 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gloucester High	Public	9-12	6680 Short Lane	Gloucester	23061	Gloucester County	Gloucester County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 693-2526	1,547	107	14.4	65.2%	1,178 (76.1%)	99 (6.4%)	140 (9.0%)	9 (0.6%)	8 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	110 (7.1%)	63.6	122^nd of 331 public high schools	63.1%		68.4	101^st of 328 public high schools	69.2%	21	82.8	396.0	91.8	424.0	< 50%	87.3	66.7	413.0	60.0	100.0	≥ 50%	≥ 50%	403.0	< 50%	100.0	81.4	64.3	95.2	86.5	63.6	< 50%	393.0	81.8	20.0	< 50%	≥ 50%	< 50%	362.0	$8,100	$152	$7,948

Cities Near Zip Code 23061

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gloucester	1.49 mi	8	74^th
Hayes	10.12 mi	2	127^th
Locust Hill	10.85 mi	2	204^th
Williamsburg	11.72 mi	21	129^th
Mathews	12.05 mi	3	182^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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