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Enrollment
411
High
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYTHE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510411001800
Fort Chiswell High
#1 Pioneer Trail, Max Meadows, VA 24360 · (276) 637-3437 · Wythe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Virginia public high schools
- ATest 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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
333 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 106 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 24% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
96.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
97.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 96.0% |
| 2022-23 | 91.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
86.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% 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 21 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 Fort Chiswell High
Fort Chiswell High's state test result (86.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Chiswell High this school | 411 | 81.0% | 86.9% |
| Rural Retreat High Rural Retreat | 300 | 79.7% | 96.1% |
| Luray High Luray | 452 | 81.0% | 76.8% |
| Patrick Henry High Glade Spring | 390 | 74.9% | 78.3% |
| Gate City High Gate City | 592 | 80.4% | 83.9% |
| Eastside High Coeburn | 418 | 88.3% | 79.9% |
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 Fort Chiswell High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #27 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #6 of 316 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #23 of 316 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #270 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #94 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.8% | #295 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.0% | #123 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #29 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
411
-59 (-13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 411 | 32.1 | 12.8:1 | 81% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 41.5 | 10.4:1 | 77% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 31.8 | 13.7:1 | 73% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 32.9 | 15.1:1 | 42% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 41% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 19 | 26.7:1 | 44% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 21% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 41 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Chiswell High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (498 to 411); teachers down 3% (32.9 to 32.1).
About Fort Chiswell High
Fort Chiswell High is a very small high school in Virginia, with an address in Max Meadows. Enrollment totals 411 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 66% below the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
Wythe County Public Schools includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 3,734 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Fort Chiswell High is White, at 94%. It is also 2% multiracial. Among Wythe County residents, the White share is about 93%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.
On staff are 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. High schools in Virginia average 13.9:1, 1.1 more students per teacher than here. Fort Chiswell High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 81%. The average for public schools in Wythe County is similar, at 81%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Fort Chiswell High outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Fort Chiswell High is 66.0%. It actually posts 86.9%, which is 20.8 points higher and in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
In Wythe County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $57,745, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 14 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,734, Fort Chiswell High among them.
Fort Chiswell Middle is the nearest public school to Fort Chiswell High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Fort Chiswell High has 3 other public schools within five miles. Fort Chiswell High comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Fort Chiswell High in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 411, compared with 470 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.7:1).
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Wythe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,188
Census ACS
Median income
$57,745
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wythe County Public Schools
- Spiller ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- George Wythe HighHigh · 421 students
- Rural Retreat ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Fort Chiswell MiddleMiddle · 319 students
- Scott Memorial MiddleMiddle · 305 students
- Rural Retreat HighHigh · 300 students
Other schools in Max Meadows
- Fort Chiswell MiddleMiddle · 319 students
- Max Meadows ElementaryElementary · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Chiswell Middle0.1 mi · 319
- Max Meadows Elementary3.0 mi · 201
- Sheffey Elementary4.1 mi · 224
- Jackson Memorial Elementary6.2 mi · 229
- Spiller Elementary8.2 mi · 615
- Scott Memorial Middle9.0 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Chiswell HighHow large is Fort Chiswell High?
Fort Chiswell High enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 09-12.
Is Fort Chiswell High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Chiswell High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Fort Chiswell High have?
Fort Chiswell High employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Fort Chiswell High?
Student demographics at Fort Chiswell High are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fort Chiswell High in?
Fort Chiswell High is part of Wythe County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.