Summary:
There is one high school in zip code 23347: Northampton High in Eastville, Virginia, serving grades 9 through 12 as part of Northampton County Public Schools. This makes district-level results identical to the school’s own outcomes. Overall, the school ranks in the bottom half of Virginia high schools (15th percentile, 1 star for 2025–2026), but it is far from uniformly low-performing.
Northampton High serves a very high-poverty student body, with 100.25% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 17.5%—above the state’s 14.8%. Despite these challenges, the school posts remarkable strengths. Earth Science proficiency hit 100% in 2025–2026 (state: 74.79%), and 12th grade Writing and Reading reached 100% and 90% respectively, both well above state averages. The school’s graduation rate of 91.5% is close to the state’s 92.3%, and its dropout rate of 5.2% is nearly identical to the state’s 5.0%. However, big gaps remain: 11th grade Writing proficiency is only 52.5% (state: 79.89%), and history scores are very weak—World History II was just 4.76% in 2024–2025, while VA/US History was 16% that year and still below the state average in 2025–2026.
Year-to-year trends are mixed. Algebra I proficiency dropped from 83.53% to 75.51%, while Geometry improved from 73.91% to 87.5%. Some scores, particularly at 12th grade, may reflect small cohorts rather than schoolwide patterns. The biggest takeaway for parents is that Northampton High has clear pockets of excellence—especially in science and senior-year English—but struggles with social studies and junior-year reading and writing. With a low student-teacher ratio of 10.6, there is potential for targeted improvement, but chronic absenteeism and inconsistent instruction across subjects remain key barriers to broader success.
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