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What's the biggest difference between HONAKER HIGH and what you expected?
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Enrollment
422
High
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510342001522
Honaker High
1795 Thompson Creek Rd., Honaker, VA 24266 · (276) 873-6363 · Russell County
GRADES 08–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
376 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
67.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-17 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.6:1
% White
98%
was 99%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Honaker High
Set in Honaker, Virginia, Honaker High is a rural-scale senior high, overseen by Russell County Public Schools. It caters to 422 students across grades 8 through 12. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.
Russell County Public Schools runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 3,583 students. Honaker High is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Honaker High lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at Honaker High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Honaker High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of +10.3 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Russell County put median household earnings sit near $50,012, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Russell County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,583 students), Honaker High is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Honaker Elementary, around 1.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Honaker High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.6%.
Honaker High operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Honaker High has decreased 4%, going from 439 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Honaker High community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Russell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,538
Census ACS
Median income
$50,012
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,583 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Russell County Public Schools
- Honaker ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Lebanon HighHigh · 571 students
- Castlewood ElementaryElementary · 354 students
- Lebanon MiddleMiddle · 301 students
- Lebanon ElementaryElementary · 292 students
- Castlewood HighHigh · 285 students
Other schools in Honaker
- Honaker ElementaryElementary · 712 students
- Council Elementary/MiddleElementary · 194 students
- Council HighHigh · 115 students
Nearby schools
- Honaker Elementary1.8 mi · 712
- Swords Creek Elementary3.6 mi · 93
- Belfast Elementary6.7 mi · 141
- Council High7.2 mi · 115
- Council Elementary/Middle7.3 mi · 194
- Lebanon Primary9.1 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Honaker HighHow large is Honaker High?
Honaker High enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Honaker High serve?
Honaker High serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Honaker High?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Honaker High.
What is the student diversity at Honaker High?
Student demographics at Honaker High are roughly 98% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Honaker High public or private?
Honaker High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Russell County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.