Clarke County High

As a tight-knit senior high in Berryville, Virginia, Clarke County High serves 683 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Clarke County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 44% below the state mean of about 1,213.

Across the 4 schools in Clarke County Public Schools (1,883 students total), Clarke County High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Clarke County High lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarke County High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.0%, the actual is 84.3%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clarke County) records that median household income runs about $117,111, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clarke County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,883 students), of which Clarke County High is one.

D.G. Cooley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clarke County High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 64.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 673 students in 2018 compared to 683 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 81% to 73% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Clarke County High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.