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Which teacher or staff member at RICHLANDS HIGH deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
557
High
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001661
Richlands High
138 Tornado Alley, Richlands, VA 24641 · (276) 964-4602 · Tazewell County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Virginia public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
493 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 147 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 133 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 135 | 24% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
93.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
94.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 83.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Richlands High
Richlands High's state test result (85.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richlands High this school | 557 | 88.5% | 85.1% |
| Lebanon High Lebanon | 571 | 90.9% | 67.1% |
| Tazewell High Tazewell | 509 | 88.8% | 82.3% |
| Union High Big Stone Gap | 564 | 90.6% | 84.9% |
| Central High Norton | 676 | 90.7% | 88.6% |
| Honaker High Honaker | 422 | 89.1% | 74.1% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Richlands High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #42 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #29 of 316 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #51 of 316 ▲ 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #238 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #11 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.6% | #306 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #91 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #20 of 178 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
-160 (-22%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,188
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 557 | 59.5 | 9.4:1 | 89% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 58.5 | 10.3:1 | 85% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 82% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 49 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 692 | 45.3 | 15.3:1 | 58% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 44% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 40% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 61 | 14.3:1 | 51% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 1,188 | 57 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richlands High.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (692 to 557); teachers up 31% (45.3 to 59.5).
About Richlands High
Federal records list Richlands High as a high school in Richlands, Virginia. In all, 557 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 54% below the average for high schools in Virginia.
Tazewell County Public Schools is responsible for 13 schools, Richlands High included, with 5,134 students in all.
White students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. A diversity index of 6% means there is a 6% chance two randomly chosen students at Richlands High are from different groups.
The school lists 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1. The average for high schools in Virginia is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 493 students, or 89%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 89% average for public schools in Tazewell County.
Richlands High earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Virginia public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Richlands High is 64.0%. It actually posts 85.1%, which is 21.1 points higher and in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
In the surrounding county, Tazewell County, the median household earns about $47,313 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Richlands High, Tazewell County has 14 public schools.
Richlands Middle is about 0.2 miles from Richlands High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Richlands High holds 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 80.0%, lower than Richlands High's 85.1%.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 557, from 717 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 14.6 in 2020-21 to 9.4 in 2024-25.
The Richlands High discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,624
Census ACS
Median income
$47,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tazewell County Public Schools
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Tazewell HighHigh · 509 students
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
- Graham IntermediateElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Richlands
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
Other Richlands High schools
One other US public school is named Richlands High. Richlands High is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Richlands HighRichlands, NC · 1,027 students
Nearby schools
- Richlands Middle0.2 mi · 447
- Richlands Elementary0.2 mi · 576
- Cedar Bluff Elementary0.9 mi · 308
- Swords Creek Elementary8.7 mi · 93
- Belfast Elementary9.3 mi · 141
- Honaker Elementary10.6 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Richlands HighHow large is Richlands High?
Richlands High enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Richlands High serve?
Richlands High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Richlands High?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at Richlands High.
What is the student diversity at Richlands High?
Student demographics at Richlands High are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Richlands High public or private?
Richlands High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tazewell County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.