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Pulaski County Senior High
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Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pulaski County Senior High
Set in Dublin, Virginia, Pulaski County Senior High is a medium-sized 9-12 campus, operated by Pulaski County Public Schools. It works with 1,159 students across grades 9 through 12.
Within Pulaski County Public Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 4,385 students, Pulaski County Senior High is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Pulaski County Senior High lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder reads as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Pulaski County Senior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,028, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pulaski County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,385 students), of which Pulaski County Senior High is one.
The closest other public school is Pulaski County Middle, roughly 1.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pulaski County Senior High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 1,311 students in 2018 compared to 1,159 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for Pulaski County Senior High typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Pulaski County at a glance
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