Rocktown High

As a small high school, Rocktown High serves students in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school reports 1,011 students in grades 9 through 12.

Rocktown High reports to Harrisonburg City Public Schools, which has 10 schools and 6,652 students.

At 56%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Rocktown High combined. Smaller groups are 25% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 24% of Harrisonburg city residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Rocktown High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.

The count of teachers at Rocktown High is 67 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.1:1. Among high schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The school counts 857 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 85%. Across public schools in Harrisonburg city, the average is about the same, 87%.

Harrisonburg city has about 51,392 residents, and median household income is about $62,254, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 13 public schools in Harrisonburg city, with a combined enrollment of about 6,934.

The nearest other public school, Pleasant Valley Elementary, is about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rocktown High.

NCES describes the area around Rocktown High as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

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