North Stafford High

North Stafford High is one of the large four-year high schools in Stafford, Virginia, run under Stafford County Public Schools, with 1,982 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so North Stafford High sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

North Stafford High is one of 32 schools operated by Stafford County Public Schools, a district that enrolls 31,812 students overall.

Looking at the student body, North Stafford High shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 26% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Stafford County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 162 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Stafford High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.6%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Stafford County) logs that median household earnings sit near $137,807, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Stafford County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,812 students), of which North Stafford High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Park Ridge Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Stafford High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Stafford High has increased 13%, going from 1,755 students in 2018 to 1,982 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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