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Alumni: what's one memory from RIDGEVIEW HIGH that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
548
High
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DICKENSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510114002981
Ridgeview High
310 Wolfpack Way, Clintwood, VA 24228 · (276) 835-1600 · Dickenson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Virginia public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
536 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 131 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 149 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 128 | 23% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dickenson County Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 15 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 Ridgeview High
Ridgeview High's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeview High this school | 548 | 97.8% | 76.5% |
| Marion Senior High Marion | 563 | 99.8% | 67.3% |
| Lebanon High Lebanon | 571 | 90.9% | 67.1% |
| Union High Big Stone Gap | 564 | 90.6% | 84.9% |
| Central High Norton | 676 | 90.7% | 88.6% |
| Grundy High Grundy | 352 | 98.3% | 66.6% |
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 Ridgeview High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #135 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #98 of 316 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #169 of 316 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #239 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #16 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #303 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #39 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #122 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
548
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 548 | 55.6 | 9.9:1 | 98% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 57.6 | 10.1:1 | 95% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 58 | 10.2:1 | 89% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 51 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 46.4 | 12.6:1 | 60% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 61 | 11.3:1 | 51% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridgeview High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (582 to 548); teachers up 20% (46.4 to 55.6).
About Ridgeview High
Ridgeview High is a small high school in Clintwood, Virginia, one of the schools in Dickenson County Public Schools. Federal data show 548 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Virginia enroll around 1,213, and this school is 55% below that mark.
Ridgeview High is among 4 schools run by Dickenson County Public Schools, which serves 2,074 students.
White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. Among Dickenson County residents, the White share is about 98%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 7%.
The school had 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Across high schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%. Public schools in Dickenson County average a similar 96%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ridgeview High lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Virginia public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ridgeview High is +15.0 points, in the top 10% of Virginia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.5%, and the predicted rate is 61.5%.
In Dickenson County, home to about 13,733 people, the median household earns about $47,254 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 10% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Ridgeview High shares Dickenson County with 5 other public schools.
Ridgeview Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Ridgeview High, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Ridgeview High ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Ridgeview High had a net loss of 43 students, or 7%. The school's ratio dropped from 11.6:1 to 9.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Dickenson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,733
Census ACS
Median income
$47,254
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dickenson County Public Schools
- Ridgeview ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 586 students
- Clintwood ElementaryElementary · 273 students
- Ervinton ElementaryCombined
- Sandlick ElementaryCombined
Other schools in Clintwood
- Ridgeview ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Ridgeview MiddleMiddle · 586 students
- Clintwood ElementaryElementary · 273 students
Other Ridgeview High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ridgeview High. Ridgeview High is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Ridgeview HighBakersfield, CA · 2,575 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLORANGE PARK, FL · 1,792 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolRedmond, OR · 844 students
- Ridgeview High SchoolColfax, IL · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview Middle0.1 mi · 586
- Ridgeview Elementary0.1 mi · 667
- Clintwood Elementary3.4 mi · 273
- Elkhorn City Elementary School11.5 mi · 409
- J.W. Adams Combined11.7 mi · 523
- Coeburn Middle13.4 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Ridgeview HighHow many students attend Ridgeview High?
Ridgeview High enrolls approximately 548 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ridgeview High serve?
Ridgeview High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ridgeview High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ridgeview High is approximately 9.9:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ridgeview High?
Ridgeview High reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Ridgeview High public or private?
Ridgeview High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dickenson County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.