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What's the state of after-school transportation at CARROLL COUNTY HIGH?
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Enrollment
1,033
High
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510069000242
Carroll County High
100 Cavs Lane, Hillsville, VA 24343 · (276) 728-2125 · Carroll County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,033 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Virginia public high schools
- C+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
11.7:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
923 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 246 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 269 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 257 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 261 | 25% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Carroll County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Carroll County High
Carroll County High's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll County High this school | 1,033 | 89.4% | 72.8% |
| Pulaski County Senior High Dublin | 1,159 | 91.0% | 62.5% |
| Central High Norton | 676 | 90.7% | 88.6% |
| Alleghany High Covington | 818 | 81.8% | 59.8% |
| Floyd County High Floyd | 668 | 81.6% | 77.4% |
| Union High Big Stone Gap | 564 | 90.6% | 84.9% |
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 Carroll County High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #178 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #110 of 316 ▼ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #85 of 316 ▲ 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,033 | #175 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #49 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #280 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #86 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #97 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
1,033
-32 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 1,033 | 88.3 | 11.7:1 | 89% (923) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 88 | 12.0:1 | 87% (917) |
| 2022-23 | 1,069 | 83 | 12.9:1 | 81% (867) |
| 2020-21 | 1,065 | 77 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,122 | 81.8 | 13.7:1 | 47% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 1,170 | 85 | 13.8:1 | 46% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 874 | 47 | 18.6:1 | 46% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 80 | 10.2:1 | 23% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 68 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll County High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,122 to 1,033); teachers up 8% (81.8 to 88.3).
About Carroll County High
Carroll County High is one of the public schools in Hillsville, Virginia. It is a mid-sized high school. It teaches 1,033 students in grades 9 through 12.
Carroll County Public Schools is responsible for 9 schools, Carroll County High included, with 3,437 students in all.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Carroll County High. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Carroll County, where about 94% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
For every teacher at Carroll County High, there are about 11.7 students; the school has 88.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 89%. Public schools in Carroll County average a similar 91%.
On the allk12 Grade, Carroll County High lands at B, ahead of 56% of Virginia public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Carroll County High is +9.0 points: 72.8% actual, 63.8% predicted.
In Carroll County, home to about 29,157 people, median household income comes to about $54,484, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,437, Carroll County High among them.
Carroll County High's closest public school neighbor is Carroll County Middle, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Carroll County High ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Carroll County High in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,065 to 1,033, a 3% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 11.7:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,157
Census ACS
Median income
$54,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Carroll County MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Hillsville ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- St. PaulElementary · 304 students
- Gladeville ElementaryElementary · 259 students
- Laurel ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Oakland ElementaryElementary · 196 students
Other schools in Hillsville
- Carroll County MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Hillsville ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Gladesboro ElementaryElementary · 108 students
- Blue Ridge Crossroads Governor's Academy for Technical EducaElementary
- Carroll County Education CenterElementary
- Carroll-Galax Reg Alt Ed Prgm/The RAE CtrElementary
Other Carroll County High schools
One other US public school is named Carroll County High. Carroll County High is the largest of the 2.
- Carroll County High SchoolCarrollton, KY · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Carroll County Middle1.0 mi · 747
- Hillsville Elementary2.4 mi · 461
- Fancy Gap Elementary5.2 mi · 130
- Laurel Elementary7.5 mi · 199
- Gladesboro Elementary8.2 mi · 108
- Gladeville Elementary9.6 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll County HighWhat is the total enrollment at Carroll County High?
Carroll County High enrolls approximately 1,033 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Carroll County High serve?
Carroll County High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Carroll County High have?
Carroll County High employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carroll County High?
At Carroll County High, the student body is approximately 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carroll County High in?
Carroll County High is part of Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.