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Stonewall Jackson High
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 125 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 133 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 121 | 24% |
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 16 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 96.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 72.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
Schools most like Stonewall Jackson High
Stonewall Jackson High's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall Jackson High this school | 496 | 84.3% | 79.3% |
| Central High Woodstock | 728 | 83.5% | 74.0% |
| Strasburg High Strasburg | 614 | 83.4% | 77.0% |
| Nelson County High Lovingston | 486 | 83.3% | 79.5% |
| Galax High Galax | 432 | 88.9% | 73.0% |
| Grayson County High Independence | 461 | 92.4% | 74.0% |
Where Stonewall Jackson High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #102 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #101 of 316 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #222 of 316 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #254 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #104 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #221 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #111 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #156 of 178 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 38.5 | 12.9:1 | 84% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 35.7 | 14.2:1 | 79% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 74% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 48 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 43.2 | 11.8:1 | 49% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 41 | 10.9:1 | 46% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 38% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 17% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (509 to 496); teachers down 11% (43.2 to 38.5).
About Stonewall Jackson High
Stonewall Jackson High is the name of a small high school in Quicksburg, Virginia. Its 496 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Virginia is about 1,213 students.
District-wide, Shenandoah County Public Schools has 9 schools and 5,703 students.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Stonewall Jackson High combined. Smaller groups are 23% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 85% of Shenandoah County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Stonewall Jackson High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Its teaching staff equals 38.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.9:1. For comparison, high schools in Virginia average 13.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 84%. Across public schools in Shenandoah County, the average is about the same, 84%.
Measured against Virginia public high schools, Stonewall Jackson High receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Stonewall Jackson High is +14.1 points, in the top 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.3%, and the predicted rate is 65.2%.
Stonewall Jackson High is located in Shenandoah County, where median household income is about $67,191, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 11 public schools in Shenandoah County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,703.
The closest other public school is North Fork Middle, about 0.2 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Stonewall Jackson High's average proficiency of 79.3% compares with 71.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Stonewall Jackson High falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 21%, from 631 to 496.
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