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Enrollment
1,769
High
DISTRICT 1,504 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000731
Bethel High
1067 Big Bethel Rd, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 825-4400 · Hampton city
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,769 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A+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
14.9:1
119 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,640 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 510 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 428 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 431 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 400 | 23% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Bethel High
Bethel High's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel High this school | 1,769 | 92.7% | 80.9% |
| Phoebus High Hampton | 1,391 | 93.7% | 79.0% |
| George Washington High Danville | 1,248 | 93.8% | 53.4% |
| Hampton High Hampton | 1,301 | 92.2% | 78.6% |
| Highland Springs High Highland Springs | 1,928 | 86.7% | 61.0% |
| Varina High Richmond | 1,420 | 86.3% | 62.6% |
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 Bethel High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #79 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #35 of 316 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #120 of 316 ▲ 69 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,769 | #80 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #198 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #180 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #69 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #131 of 131 |
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
1,769
+18 (+1%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,453
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,769 | 118.8 | 14.9:1 | 93% (1,640) |
| 2023-24 | 1,802 | 114.4 | 15.8:1 | 91% (1,641) |
| 2022-23 | 1,777 | 119.3 | 14.9:1 | 86% (1,529) |
| 2020-21 | 1,751 | 121 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,766 | 114.8 | 15.4:1 | 46% (820) |
| 2015-16 | 1,822 | 119 | 15.3:1 | 38% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 1,917 | 104 | 18.4:1 | 32% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 2,018 | 127 | 15.9:1 | 16% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 1,453 | 95 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,766 to 1,769); teachers up 4% (114.8 to 118.8).
About Bethel High
Bethel High is a public high school run by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton, Virginia. Its enrollment is 1,769 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Virginia enroll around 1,213, and this school is 46% bigger than that mark.
Bethel High is a school in Hampton City Public Schools. The district has 30 schools and 19,472 students.
The student body at Bethel High is 67% Black. After that, the student body is 15% White, 8% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Among all residents of Hampton city, the Black share is about 49%. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Bethel High are from different groups.
Bethel High lists 118.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.9 students per teacher. Across high schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 93% of the student body. Public schools in Hampton city average a similar 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, Bethel High lands at A, ahead of 89% of Virginia public high schools.
Bethel High is 18.0 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Virginia.
Hampton city is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $69,621 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Bethel High shares Hampton city with 35 other public schools.
George P. Phenix Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Bethel High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Bethel High holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 80.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Bethel High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,769, close to the 1,751 recorded in 2020-21.
Bethel High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Other Bethel High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bethel High. Bethel High is the largest of the 5.
- Bethel High SchoolSpanaway, WA · 1,688 students
- Bethel High SchoolBethel, CT · 1,097 students
- Bethel High SchoolTipp City, OH · 521 students
- Bethel High SchoolShawnee, OK · 349 students
Nearby schools
- George P. Phenix Elementary0.3 mi · 1,438
- Christopher C. Kraft Elementary0.9 mi · 452
- Alfred S. Forrest Elementary0.9 mi · 499
- Cesar Tarrant Middle0.9 mi · 737
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary1.3 mi · 343
- Sedgefield Elementary1.4 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel HighWhat is the total enrollment at Bethel High?
Bethel High enrolls approximately 1,769 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bethel High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bethel High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bethel High have?
Bethel High employs 119 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Bethel High?
Student demographics at Bethel High are roughly 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 67% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Bethel High in?
Bethel High is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.