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Enrollment
621
High
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACCOMACK COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510006002003
Nandua High
26350 Lankford Highway, Onley, VA 23418 · (757) 787-4514 · Accomack County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Virginia public high schools
- BTest 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
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
605 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 173 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 143 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 143 | 23% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 95.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 96.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 16 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Nandua High
Nandua High's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nandua High this school | 621 | 97.4% | 77.1% |
| Westmoreland High Montross | 488 | 100.0% | 62.6% |
| Arcadia High Oak Hall | 688 | 98.1% | 72.9% |
| Nottoway High Crewe | 510 | 99.6% | 60.1% |
| Franklin Military Academy Richmond | 335 | 99.7% | 86.9% |
| Denbigh High Newport News | 1,269 | 95.2% | 58.6% |
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 Nandua High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #127 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #31 of 316 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #130 of 316 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #226 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #50 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #82 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #42 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #35 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
621
-55 (-8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 621 | 52.8 | 11.8:1 | 97% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 66.9 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 56 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 41 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 42.2 | 17.5:1 | 55% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 55% (408) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 55% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 41% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 43 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nandua High.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (739 to 621); teachers up 25% (42.2 to 52.8).
About Nandua High
Nandua High is one of the public schools in Onley, Virginia. It is a small high school. Enrollment totals 621 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 49% below the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
Nandua High is one school in Accomack County Public Schools, a system of 11 schools with 4,623 students.
No group is above 50% at Nandua High; the largest is Black, at 43%. It is also 30% White and 24% Hispanic. Accomack County's residents are about 27% Black, 16 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nandua High scores 67%.
The school had 52.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. The gap from the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia is 2.1 students per teacher. The school reported 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Accomack County is close, at 99%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Nandua High outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Nandua High is in the top 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.1% is 15.6 points above the 61.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Accomack County, where median household income comes to about $58,993, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Accomack County counts 13 public schools with about 4,623 students.
Nandua High is about 0.2 miles from Nandua Middle, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Nandua High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 621, from 676 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.5:1 to 11.8:1 over the same years.
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Accomack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,335
Census ACS
Median income
$58,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,623 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Accomack County Public Schools
- Arcadia HighHigh · 688 students
- Kegotank ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Arcadia MiddleMiddle · 469 students
- Nandua MiddleMiddle · 454 students
- Accawmacke ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Pungoteague ElementaryElementary · 452 students
Other schools in Onley
- Nandua MiddleMiddle · 454 students
- Badger Vocational Education Center - SouthElementary
Nearby schools
- Nandua Middle0.2 mi · 454
- Accawmacke Elementary3.2 mi · 453
- Pungoteague Elementary4.1 mi · 452
- Metompkin Elementary8.2 mi · 435
- Occohannock Elementary12.0 mi · 385
- Kegotank Elementary15.1 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Nandua HighHow large is Nandua High?
Nandua High enrolls approximately 621 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Nandua High serve?
Nandua High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Nandua High have?
Nandua High employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nandua High?
At Nandua High, the student body is approximately 30% White, 24% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Nandua High?
Nandua High is overseen by Accomack County Public Schools in Accomack County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.