Summary:
Zip code 24073, in the Christiansburg, Virginia area, contains one high school—Christiansburg High—serving grades 9 through 12 as part of Montgomery County Public Schools, with an enrollment of 1,072 students.
As the only high school in the zip code, Christiansburg High shows a mixed academic profile with clear strengths in mathematics. In 2025–2026, 9th-grade Geometry proficiency reached 93.3% (state: 85.9%), 9th-grade Algebra II reached 98.3% (state: 94.4%), and 11th-grade Algebra I reached 91.7% (state: 78.6%). The prior year, Algebra II proficiency was a perfect 100%. The school serves a moderate-poverty population, with 37% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, per-student spending of $9,541, and a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. Its graduation rate of 91.9% is close to the state average of 92.3%, and its dropout rate of 4.5% is below the state's 5.0%.
However, the school faces significant challenges. Chronic absenteeism is a major red flag at 25.2%, nearly double the district's 13.6% and well above the state's 14.8%. The school's state ranking has dropped sharply from 169th (2-star) in 2023–2024 to 251st (1-star) in 2025–2026, placing it in the 24th percentile. Biology proficiency is notably weak, with 10th-grade Biology at 56.0% versus the state's 68.9%, and 11th-grade English Reading proficiency is 78.4% versus the state's 88.1%. Encouragingly, 12th-grade Writing proficiency improved to 72.0%, above the state average of 65.0%. Overall, Christiansburg High demonstrates strong math instruction but needs to address absenteeism and support in science and reading to reverse its declining ranking.
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