Prince George High

Prince George High operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in Prince George, Virginia, one of the schools within Prince George County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,789 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Prince George High sits 47% larger than that benchmark.

Within Prince George County Public Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 6,220 students, Prince George High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Prince George High records that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Prince George County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Prince George High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Prince George County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Prince George High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 78.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Prince George County) logs that median household earnings sit near $84,897, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Prince George High is one of 9 public schools in Prince George County (combined enrollment of about 6,220 students).

L.L. Beazley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prince George High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.5%.

Prince George High operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Prince George High's enrollment has ticked up 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,376 (now 1,789). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 9% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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