Enrollment
300
High
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYTHE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510411001805
Rural Retreat High
321 E Buck St, Rural Retreat, VA 24368 · (276) 686-4143 · Wythe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Virginia public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
12.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
239 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 77 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 76 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 74 | 25% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
98.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
96.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 98.0% | 96.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 99.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
96.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% 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 30 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 Rural Retreat High
Rural Retreat High's state test result (96.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Retreat High this school | 300 | 79.7% | 96.1% |
| Rye Cove High Duffield | 292 | 78.4% | 75.8% |
| Craig County High New Castle | 278 | 81.3% | 63.1% |
| Holston High Damascus | 254 | 74.8% | 80.3% |
| Twin Springs High Nickelsville | 242 | 78.5% | 74.4% |
| Fort Chiswell High Max Meadows | 411 | 81.0% | 86.9% |
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 Rural Retreat High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 96.1% | #3 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #7 of 316 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #8 of 316 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #292 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #86 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.7% | #298 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #129 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #24 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
300
-33 (-10%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 300 | 23.8 | 12.6:1 | 80% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 23.2 | 13.4:1 | 76% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 22.8 | 13.7:1 | 74% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 24.1 | 15.2:1 | 44% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 15 | 24.0:1 | 40% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rural Retreat High.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (367 to 300); teachers down 1% (24.1 to 23.8).
About Rural Retreat High
Rural Retreat, Virginia, is home to Rural Retreat High, a very small high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 300 students. That puts enrollment 75% below the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
District-wide, Wythe County Public Schools has 12 schools and 3,734 students.
Roughly 95% of students at Rural Retreat High are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Wythe County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rural Retreat High scores 10%.
With 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1. High schools in Virginia average 13.9:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Wythe County is close, at 81%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Rural Retreat High outscored 99%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 66.4% for Rural Retreat High, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 96.1%. The 29.7-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Virginia schools.
In Wythe County, the median household earns about $57,745 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Wythe County, 14 public schools serve about 3,734 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Rural Retreat High from the closest public school, Rural Retreat Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Rural Retreat High ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 96.1% against a local average of 77.1%.
NCES describes the area around Rural Retreat High as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 33 students, from 333 to 300. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.6:1).
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Wythe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,188
Census ACS
Median income
$57,745
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wythe County Public Schools
- Spiller ElementaryElementary · 615 students
- George Wythe HighHigh · 421 students
- Fort Chiswell HighHigh · 411 students
- Rural Retreat ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Fort Chiswell MiddleMiddle · 319 students
- Scott Memorial MiddleMiddle · 305 students
Other schools in Rural Retreat
- Rural Retreat ElementaryElementary · 350 students
- Rural Retreat MiddleMiddle · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Rural Retreat Middle0.1 mi · 236
- Rural Retreat Elementary0.9 mi · 350
- Speedwell Elementary7.5 mi · 123
- Atkins Elementary8.5 mi · 168
- George Wythe High9.8 mi · 421
- Scott Memorial Middle9.8 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Rural Retreat HighHow many students attend Rural Retreat High?
Rural Retreat High enrolls approximately 300 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rural Retreat High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rural Retreat High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rural Retreat High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rural Retreat High is approximately 12.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rural Retreat High?
Student demographics at Rural Retreat High are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rural Retreat High in?
Rural Retreat High is part of Wythe County Public Schools.
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