Summary:
Zip code 24017 contains a single high school: William Fleming High, a large public school serving grades 9-12 in Roanoke, VA, with an enrollment of 1,957 students as part of Roanoke City Public Schools.
Since there is only one high school in this zip code, all comparisons are made against the district and state. William Fleming consistently ranks among the lowest high schools in Virginia, landing at 326th out of 331 in 2025-2026. Its average SOL proficiency was about 54%, similar to the district but roughly 14-17 points below the statewide average. The school's strongest subject is Algebra II, with 9th-grade proficiency near 90-94%, and 11th-grade Algebra I improved from 66.7% to 86.7%. However, several 12th-grade subjects declined sharply from the prior year. The biggest academic concern is social studies: VA & US History proficiency fell to just 4.76% in 2025-2026 compared to about 34.5% statewide, and World History I proficiency was around 15-20%.
The school faces serious non-academic challenges. The graduation rate is 76.1% versus the state's 92.3%, the dropout rate is 17.7% versus the state's 5.0%, and chronic absenteeism is 36.0% versus the state's 14.8%. About 91.6% of students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, reflecting a highly economically disadvantaged population. Despite spending $11,006 per pupil and maintaining a 15:1 student-teacher ratio, the combination of poverty, absenteeism, and dropout risk creates major barriers to achievement. Parents should know that while the school shows some encouraging math gains, its overall academic performance and student-outcome indicators remain far below Virginia averages.
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