New Kent High

Located at 7365 Egypt Rd, in New Kent, Virginia, New Kent High is a moderately sized secondary school that instructs 1,073 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by New Kent County Public Schools.

New Kent County Public Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,572 students; New Kent High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Kent High logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 13% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, New Kent High reports 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting New Kent High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at New Kent High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, New Kent High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 86.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for New Kent County indicate median household earnings sit near $123,314, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, New Kent County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,572 students), of which New Kent High is one.

The closest other public school is New Kent Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, New Kent High comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.3%.

New Kent High operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Kent High has edged up 9%, going from 987 students in 2018 to 1,073 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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