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How has COLONIAL HEIGHTS HIGH changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
886
High
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLONIAL HEIGHTS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510096000361
Colonial Heights High
3600 Conduit Rd, Colonial Heights, VA 23834 · (804) 524-3405 · Colonial Heights city
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Virginia public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.4:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
861 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 238 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 222 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 214 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 212 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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 Colonial Heights City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -9.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 15 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 Colonial Heights High
Colonial Heights High's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Heights High this school | 886 | 97.2% | 76.4% |
| Magna Vista High Ridgeway | 1,147 | 98.1% | 63.8% |
| Waynesboro High Waynesboro | 926 | 94.7% | 61.8% |
| Dinwiddie County High Dinwiddie | 1,260 | 94.3% | 69.0% |
| Bassett High Bassett | 1,098 | 97.0% | 66.0% |
| Buckingham County High Buckingham | 646 | 97.4% | 69.1% |
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 Colonial Heights High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #137 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #171 of 316 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #167 of 316 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #192 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #123 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #70 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #45 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #176 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
886
+53 (+6%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 784
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 886 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 97% (861) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 76 | 11.3:1 | 92% (787) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 68.8 | 12.7:1 | 85% (744) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 76 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 87.1 | 10.2:1 | 43% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 899 | 78 | 11.5:1 | 33% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 41 | 22.8:1 | 25% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 68 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 784 | 59 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonial Heights High.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (888 to 886); teachers down 24% (87.1 to 66).
About Colonial Heights High
Colonial Heights High operates as a small high school in Colonial Heights, Virginia. It teaches 886 students in grades 9 through 12. That is 27% below the average of about 1,213 students for high schools in Virginia.
Colonial Heights City Public Schools has 5 schools and 2,971 students, and Colonial Heights High is one of those schools.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at Colonial Heights High, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 26% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Colonial Heights city overall, about 66% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Colonial Heights High, which has 66. The average for high schools in Virginia is about 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 97%. Public schools in Colonial Heights city average a similar 98%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Colonial Heights High outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Colonial Heights High does better than predicted by 14.7 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.4%; the prediction is 61.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Colonial Heights city show that the median household earns about $76,505 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Colonial Heights city, 6 public schools serve about 2,971 students.
Of the public schools around it, Colonial Heights High is closest to North Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.3%; Colonial Heights High's is 76.4%, ranking 1st of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 886, compared with 833 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.4:1.
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Colonial Heights city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,352
Census ACS
Median income
$76,505
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,971 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colonial Heights City Public Schools
- Colonial Heights MiddleMiddle · 700 students
- Tussing ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- North ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Colonial Heights Technical CenterElementary
Other schools in Colonial Heights
- Colonial Heights MiddleMiddle · 700 students
- Tussing ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Marguerite F. Christian ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- North ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Colonial Heights Technical CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- North Elementary1.0 mi · 311
- Lakeview Elementary1.3 mi · 422
- Tussing Elementary1.5 mi · 652
- Colonial Heights Middle1.6 mi · 700
- Lakemont Elementary2.6 mi · 393
- Ettrick Elementary2.9 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About Colonial Heights HighHow many students attend Colonial Heights High?
Colonial Heights High enrolls approximately 886 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Colonial Heights High serve?
Colonial Heights High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Colonial Heights High?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Colonial Heights High.
How diverse is Colonial Heights High?
Colonial Heights High reports a student body of 48% White, 14% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Colonial Heights High?
Colonial Heights High is overseen by Colonial Heights City Public Schools in Colonial Heights city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.