Ridgeview High

Located at 310 Wolfpack Way, in Clintwood, Virginia, Ridgeview High is an intimate high school that serves 548 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Dickenson County Public Schools. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Dickenson County Public Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,074 students; Ridgeview High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ridgeview High reports that nearly all students (96%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Dickenson County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Ridgeview High has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Ridgeview High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ridgeview High sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.5%; actual is 76.5%, +15.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dickenson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $47,254, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Dickenson County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,074 students), Ridgeview High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ridgeview Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ridgeview High. On composite proficiency, Ridgeview High comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 77.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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