Riverheads High

Riverheads High is a 9-12 campus of one-room-style scale in Staunton, Virginia, one of the schools within Augusta County Public Schools, instructing 467 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,213 students per school, that is 62% smaller than typical.

Within Augusta County Public Schools, which oversees 20 schools and 10,742 students, Riverheads High is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Riverheads High logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Augusta County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Augusta County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Riverheads High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.4%.

In the surrounding community, Augusta County reports that median household income runs about $82,049, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Augusta County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,742 students), of which Riverheads High is one.

Riverheads Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverheads High at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 70.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 460 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 93% to 88%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.