Rappahannock High

Rappahannock High is one of the small senior highs in Warsaw, Virginia, overseen by Richmond County Public Schools, with 544 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,213 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Richmond County Public Schools (1,398 students total), Rappahannock High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rappahannock High logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Richmond County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Rappahannock High has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 86% of students at Rappahannock High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rappahannock High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.6%; this one delivers 72.6%.

Around the school, census data for Richmond County shows median household income runs about $66,304, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Across Richmond County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,398 students), Rappahannock High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Richmond County Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rappahannock High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 65.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 28% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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