Graham High

Located at 210 Valleydale, in Bluefield, Virginia, Graham High is an intimate senior high that educates 489 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Tazewell County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 60% below the state mean of about 1,213.

Tazewell County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,134 students. Graham High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Graham High reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Black, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Graham High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Graham High ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.7%; Graham High posts 84.0%, +20.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Tazewell County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,313 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Graham High is one of 14 public schools in Tazewell County (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students).

Graham Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Graham High's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 520 (now 489). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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