Glenvar High

Glenvar High is a 9-12 campus of intimate scale in Salem, Virginia, overseen by Roanoke County Public Schools, instructing 620 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% below the state mean of about 1,213.

Glenvar High is one of 26 schools operated by Roanoke County Public Schools, a district that instructs 13,735 students overall.

On demographics, Glenvar High logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Roanoke County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Glenvar High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.3%, the actual is 78.8%, a residual of +0.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Roanoke County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,709 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Roanoke County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,154 students), Glenvar High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Glenvar Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenvar High at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 80.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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