Summary:
Zip code 23430 contains one high school, Smithfield High, which serves grades 9 through 12 in Smithfield, Virginia. Smithfield High enrolls 1,322 students and is part of Isle of Wight County Public Schools, a district ranked 14th out of 131 districts in Virginia with a 5-star rating. The school's state ranking has been somewhat volatile, improving from 185th in 2024-2025 to 154th in 2025-2026, though it remains below its 2023-2024 position of 120th.
Smithfield High shines in student engagement and outcome metrics. Its graduation rate of 95.1% exceeds the state average of 92.3%, while its dropout rate of 2.2% is less than half the state average of 5.0%. Chronic absenteeism is also lower than both the district (12.7%) and state (14.8%) at 11.4%. Academically, the school shows exceptional strengths in Geometry, with 9th-grade proficiency reaching 98.88% versus 85.88% statewide, and in upper-grade English: 12th-grade reading proficiency hit 100% and 12th-grade writing 91.67%, both far above state averages. History performance is also notable, with 11th-grade VA/US History proficiency at 66.67% nearly double the state's 34.52%.
However, there are areas of concern. Biology proficiency consistently trails the state average by 6-10 percentage points across both years and grade levels. Ninth-grade Algebra I is also slightly below the state average. The most striking outlier is 10th-grade Writing in 2024-2025, which dropped to 34.48% proficiency compared to the state average of 66.01%, despite strong 11th- and 12th-grade writing scores in other years. Overall, Smithfield High is a solid, mid-ranking school with strong graduation outcomes and clear academic strengths in Geometry, English, and History. The main opportunities for improvement lie in Biology, Algebra I, and select 10th-grade subjects.
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