Giles High

Giles High operates as a low-enrollment high school in Pearisburg, Virginia, overseen by Giles County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades 8 through 12. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Giles County Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,575 students; Giles High is among them.

On demographics, Giles High shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 2% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Giles High has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Giles High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Giles High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.9%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Giles County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,691 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Giles High is one of 7 public schools in Giles County (combined enrollment of about 3,575 students).

The closest other public school is Macy Mcclaugherty Elementary/Middle, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Giles High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Giles High has edged down 19%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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