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What's the biggest difference between HANOVER HIGH and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,349
High
DISTRICT 1,340 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183002338
Hanover High
10307 Chamberlayne Rd., Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 723-3700 · Hanover County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,349 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B-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
14.3:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
279 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 347 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 359 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 308 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 335 | 25% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
97.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 83.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 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 Hanover High
Hanover High's state test result (85.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover High this school | 1,349 | 20.7% | 85.6% |
| Atlee High Mechanicsville | 1,470 | 19.5% | 89.4% |
| Jefferson Forest High Forest | 1,282 | 22.2% | 71.1% |
| Powhatan High Powhatan | 1,328 | 22.0% | 73.1% |
| Mechanicsville High Mechanicsville | 1,245 | 18.7% | 77.9% |
| New Kent High New Kent | 1,073 | 24.8% | 86.0% |
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 Hanover High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #34 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #2 of 316 ▲ 76 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #40 of 316 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,349 | #127 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #173 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #247 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #288 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #160 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
1,349
-153 (-10%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,317
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 1,349 | 94 | 14.3:1 | 21% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 1,358 | 97.3 | 13.9:1 | 20% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 1,427 | 95 | 15.0:1 | 18% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 1,502 | 61 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,379 | 91.6 | 15.1:1 | 10% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 1,312 | 86 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,317 | 79 | 16.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanover High.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (1,379 to 1,349); teachers up 3% (91.6 to 94).
About Hanover High
In Mechanicsville, Virginia, part of Hanover County, Hanover High is a high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,349 students.
District-wide, Hanover County Public Schools has 24 schools and 17,434 students.
White students make up a majority at Hanover High, at 79%. The remaining shares are 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share in Hanover County as a whole is similar, at about 82%. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Hanover High is 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.3:1. For comparison, high schools in Virginia average 13.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 21%. The rate at public schools in Hanover County averages 34%, higher than here.
Hanover High is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Virginia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hanover High falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 85.6% actual against 82.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Hanover County show that the median household income is $112,805, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Hanover High is one of 26 public schools in the county.
Oak Knoll Middle is located about 0.2 miles from Hanover High. The five-mile area around Hanover High holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 86.1%, higher than Hanover High's 85.6%.
In the federal locale system, Hanover High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,349 students in 2024-25, 153 fewer than the 1,502 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.6:1 to 14.3:1.
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Oak Knoll MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Cool Spring ElementaryElementary · 852 students
Other Hanover High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hanover High. Hanover High is the largest of the 4.
- Hanover High SchoolHanover, NH · 674 students
- Hanover HighHanover, MA · 663 students
- Hanover HighHanover, KS · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Knoll Middle0.2 mi · 862
- Kersey Creek Elementary0.3 mi · 672
- Pearson's Corner Elementary0.8 mi · 571
- Cool Spring Elementary2.0 mi · 852
- Chickahominy Middle2.1 mi · 1,199
- Atlee High2.2 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Hanover HighWhat is the total enrollment at Hanover High?
Hanover High enrolls approximately 1,349 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hanover High serve?
Hanover High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hanover High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hanover High is approximately 14.3:1 (94 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hanover High?
Student demographics at Hanover High are roughly 79% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hanover High public or private?
Hanover High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.