Summary:
ZIP code 23063 contains a single high school, Goochland High, serving grades 9 through 12 in the Goochland County Public Schools district. With 850 students, Goochland High ranks 130th out of 331 Virginia high schools (61st percentile) for 2025–2026, and it is the standout school in this area by default — but it also stands out for strong overall performance.
Goochland High posts excellent student outcome metrics: a 98% graduation rate, a 1.4% dropout rate, and 10.2% chronic absenteeism, all meaningfully better than state averages. Academically, 9th graders excel, with 94.29% proficiency in Biology, 91.84% in Geometry, and a perfect 100% in Algebra II for 2025–2026, all above state benchmarks. English Reading is also strong, particularly at 12th grade (100% in 2024–2025). The most conspicuous weakness is 10th-grade Biology, where proficiency plummeted to 41.38% in 2025–2026, far below the state average of 68.86% and a sharp drop from the school’s own 9th-grade results. This likely reflects a small test-taking cohort or retakes, but it is worth investigating.
The school’s state ranking has improved from 151st (2023–2024) to 130th (2025–2026), indicating an upward trend relative to other Virginia high schools. With a 14.3:1 student–teacher ratio and per-student spending of $10,852, resource levels are solid. About 27.65% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, indicating a relatively less economically disadvantaged population. Since Goochland High is the only high school in the ZIP code and district, district-level figures are essentially identical to the school’s own — making this a straightforward, high-performing school for parents to evaluate.
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