Nottoway High

Nottoway High is one of the close-knit senior highs in Crewe, Virginia, overseen by Nottoway County Public Schools, with 510 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,213 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

Nottoway County Public Schools runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,792 students. Nottoway High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Nottoway High records that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 37% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Nottoway County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nottoway High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 60.1%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Nottoway County put the typical household earns roughly $63,261 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Nottoway High is one of 7 public schools in Nottoway County (combined enrollment of about 1,792 students).

Nottoway Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nottoway High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Nottoway High's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 510). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 48% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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