Enrollment
418
High
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WISE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510408001786
Eastside High
314 School House Hill Dr, Coeburn, VA 24230 · (276) 395-3389 · Wise County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
369 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 16 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
418
-4 (-1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.9:1
% White
96%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Eastside High
Eastside High is one of the tiny high schools in Coeburn, Virginia, operated by Wise County Public Schools, with 418 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,213 students per school, that is 66% below typical.
Wise County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,779 students; Eastside High is among them.
On the student-mix side, Eastside High reports that nearly all students (96%) are White.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eastside High has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Eastside High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastside High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 79.9%, a residual of +15.8 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Wise County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,943, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Wise County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,779 students), Eastside High is one campus in the mix.
Coeburn Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eastside High. On composite proficiency, Eastside High comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 84.9%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 422 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Eastside High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,448
Census ACS
Median income
$52,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wise County Public Schools
- Union PrimaryElementary · 809 students
- Central HighHigh · 676 students
- Wise PrimaryElementary · 603 students
- Union HighHigh · 564 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 561 students
- J.W. Adams CombinedElementary · 523 students
Other schools in Coeburn
- Coeburn PrimaryElementary · 420 students
- Coeburn MiddleMiddle · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Coeburn Primary0.2 mi · 420
- Coeburn Middle0.4 mi · 304
- L.F. Addington Middle6.2 mi · 387
- Wise Primary6.3 mi · 603
- Central High7.2 mi · 676
- Dungannon Elementary7.9 mi · 131
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside HighHow many students attend Eastside High?
Eastside High enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eastside High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastside High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Eastside High?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Eastside High.
What is the student diversity at Eastside High?
Student demographics at Eastside High are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastside High?
Eastside High is overseen by Wise County Public Schools in Wise County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.