John Handley High

John Handley High, a mid-tier senior high in Winchester, Virginia, part of Winchester City Public Schools, teaches 1,361 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Across the 7 schools in Winchester City Public Schools (4,362 students total), John Handley High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, John Handley High logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, John Handley High records 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, John Handley High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.1%, the actual is 70.0%, a residual of +4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Winchester city reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,974 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Winchester city runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,235 students), of which John Handley High is one.

The closest other public school is Garland R. Quarles Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John Handley High comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

John Handley High operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. John Handley High's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,313 (now 1,361). Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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