Richlands High

Richlands High is a small senior high in Richlands, Virginia, run under Tazewell County Public Schools. The school educates 557 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Across the 13 schools in Tazewell County Public Schools (5,134 students total), Richlands High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Richlands High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Richlands High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Richlands High ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 64.0%; Richlands High posts 85.1%, +21.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Tazewell County shows median household earnings sit near $47,313, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Tazewell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students), of which Richlands High is one.

Richlands Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Richlands High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richlands High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 80.0%.

Richlands High operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Richlands High's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 557). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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