Radford High

Radford High operates as a low-enrollment secondary school in Radford, Virginia, run under Radford City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 506 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Radford High sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Radford City Public Schools (3,321 students total), Radford High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Radford High shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at Radford High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Radford city's rate of about 78%.

After controlling for student poverty, Radford High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 73.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Radford city indicate median household income runs about $57,348, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Radford city's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,321 students), Radford High is one campus in the mix.

John N. Dalton Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Radford High comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.2%.

Radford High operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 508 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 79% to 70%.

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