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Enrollment
1,470
High
DISTRICT 1,340 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183000114
Atlee High
9414 Atlee Station Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 723-2100 · Hanover County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,470 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Virginia public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
286 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 354 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 366 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 389 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 361 | 25% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
95.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 91.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
89.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Atlee High
Atlee High's state test result (89.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlee High this school | 1,470 | 19.5% | 89.4% |
| Hanover High Mechanicsville | 1,349 | 20.7% | 85.6% |
| Jefferson Forest High Forest | 1,282 | 22.2% | 71.1% |
| Mechanicsville High Mechanicsville | 1,245 | 18.7% | 77.9% |
| Powhatan High Powhatan | 1,328 | 22.0% | 73.1% |
| Floyd Kellam High Virginia Beach | 1,842 | 13.5% | 88.8% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Atlee High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #15 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #15 of 316 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #39 of 316 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,470 | #116 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #219 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #238 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #292 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #93 of 178 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,470
-70 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 2000-01, when it was 1,694
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 21.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,470 | 96.6 | 15.2:1 | 19% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 1,509 | 97.5 | 15.5:1 | 30% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 1,526 | 97.5 | 15.7:1 | 15% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 1,540 | 73 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,602 | 100.8 | 15.9:1 | 7% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 1,716 | 98 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,562 | 78 | 20.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,694 | 109 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atlee High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,602 to 1,470); teachers down 4% (100.8 to 96.6).
About Atlee High
Mechanicsville, Virginia, is home to Atlee High, a mid-sized high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,470 students. High schools in Virginia have about 1,213 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
Atlee High is one of 24 schools in Hanover County Public Schools, which enrolls 17,434 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Atlee High is White: 78%. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. In Hanover County overall, the White share is about 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Atlee High scores 38%.
Atlee High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1, with 96.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Virginia average 13.9:1. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hanover County is 34%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Atlee High outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.8% for Atlee High. The school posts 89.4%, 6.6 points above the prediction.
Looking at the county, Hanover County, median household income comes to about $112,805, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 26 public schools and about 17,434 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Chickahominy Middle, is the closest to Atlee High. Atlee High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Atlee High ranks 2nd on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Atlee High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 1,540 students in 2020-21 to 1,470 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.1:1 to 15.2:1.
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Oak Knoll MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 852 students
Nearby schools
- Chickahominy Middle0.1 mi · 1,199
- Cool Spring Elementary0.3 mi · 852
- Pearson's Corner Elementary1.5 mi · 571
- Washington-Henry Elementary1.9 mi · 386
- Oak Knoll Middle2.1 mi · 862
- Kersey Creek Elementary2.1 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About Atlee HighHow many students attend Atlee High?
Atlee High enrolls approximately 1,470 students in grades 09-12.
Is Atlee High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atlee High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Atlee High have?
Atlee High employs 97 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Atlee High?
Student demographics at Atlee High are roughly 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Atlee High?
Atlee High is overseen by Hanover County Public Schools in Hanover County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.