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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Richmond, Virginia

15 public high schools in Richmond, Virginia appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Richmond Community High leads the list at 100%, against a median of 77.0% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Richmond, Virginia

Top % Proficient (Reading)

100%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

77.0%

BEST IN READING · RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Richmond Community High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	211	100%	no change
2	Open High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	171	98.0%	no change
3	Franklin Military Academy	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	335	94.0%	▲ 1
4	Mills E. Godwin High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	1,702	92.0%	▼ 1
5	Monacan High	Richmond, VA	Chesterfield County Public Schools	High	1,644	89.0%	no change
6	Douglas S. Freeman High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	1,881	81.0%	no change
7	Thomas Jefferson High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	749	81.0%	▲ 1
8	John Randolph Tucker High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	2,132	77.0%	▼ 1
9	John Marshall High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	645	77.0%	▲ 1
10	Hermitage High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	1,719	76.0%	▼ 1
11	Huguenot High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	1,469	76.0%	▲ 2
12	Henrico High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	1,300	74.0%	▼ 1
13	Varina High	Richmond, VA	Henrico County Public Schools	High	1,420	73.0%	▼ 1
14	Armstrong High	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	709	69.0%	no change
15	Richmond High School for the Arts	Richmond, VA	Richmond City Public Schools	High	1,116	56.0%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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