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Enrollment
592
High
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510348001532
Gate City High
178 Harry Fry Dr., Gate City, VA 24251 · (276) 386-7522 · Scott County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Virginia public high schools
- A-Test 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
15.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
476 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 166 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 148 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 152 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 126 | 21% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 Scott County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
91.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
83.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% 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 18 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 Gate City High
Gate City High's state test result (83.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gate City High this school | 592 | 80.4% | 83.9% |
| John S. Battle High Bristol | 613 | 75.5% | 75.9% |
| Floyd County High Floyd | 668 | 81.6% | 77.4% |
| Fort Chiswell High Max Meadows | 411 | 81.0% | 86.9% |
| Page County High Shenandoah | 473 | 75.1% | 81.0% |
| Luray High Luray | 452 | 81.0% | 76.8% |
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 Gate City High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #53 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #42 of 316 ▲ 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #77 of 316 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #232 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #203 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #293 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #126 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #18 of 131 |
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
592
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 592 | 39.5 | 15.0:1 | 80% (476) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 78% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 77% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 34 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 47% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 45% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 17 | 30.1:1 | 43% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gate City High.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (492 to 592); teachers up 41% (28 to 39.5).
About Gate City High
Gate City High is a small high school. Its address is in Gate City, Virginia. It reported 592 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 1,213 students for high schools in Virginia.
Scott County Public Schools is the local district for Gate City High. It runs 13 schools with 4,166 students.
The share of students at Gate City High who are White is 94%. Smaller groups are 2% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Scott County residents are about 96% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Gate City High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1, with 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Virginia, 13.9:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 80% at Gate City High.
Among Virginia public high schools, Gate City High outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Gate City High is in the top 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 83.9% is 17.7 points above the 66.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Scott County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $46,349, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Scott County's 17 public schools enroll about 4,166 students and include Gate City High.
Gate City Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 83.3%; Gate City High's is 83.9%, ranking 3rd of 5.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 592 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.8:1 to 15.0:1.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,479
Census ACS
Median income
$46,349
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,166 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County Public Schools
- Virginia Connections AcademyHigh · 728 students
- Shoemaker ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Weber City ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Duffield-Pattonsville PrimaryElementary · 308 students
- Nickelsville ElementaryElementary · 302 students
- Rye Cove HighHigh · 292 students
Other schools in Gate City
- Virginia Connections AcademyHigh · 728 students
- Shoemaker ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Gate City MiddleMiddle · 276 students
- Yuma ElementaryElementary · 199 students
- Renaissance/Scott CoElementary
- Scott County Career and Technical CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Gate City Middle0.1 mi · 276
- Shoemaker Elementary0.3 mi · 419
- Virginia Connections Academy0.4 mi · 728
- Weber City Elementary1.4 mi · 380
- Yuma Elementary3.7 mi · 199
- John F. Kennedy Elementary School4.1 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Gate City HighWhat is the total enrollment at Gate City High?
Gate City High enrolls approximately 592 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Gate City High serve?
Gate City High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gate City High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gate City High is approximately 15.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Gate City High?
Student demographics at Gate City High are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Gate City High in?
Gate City High is part of Scott County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.