Enrollment
292
High
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510348001536
Rye Cove High
164 Eagles Nest Lane, Duffield, VA 24244 · (276) 940-2701 · Scott County
GRADES 08–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Virginia public high schools
- B-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
11.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
229 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 8 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 15% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 74.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 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 Rye Cove High
Rye Cove High's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Cove High this school | 292 | 78.4% | 75.8% |
| Rural Retreat High Rural Retreat | 300 | 79.7% | 96.1% |
| Twin Springs High Nickelsville | 242 | 78.5% | 74.4% |
| Holston High Damascus | 254 | 74.8% | 80.3% |
| Craig County High New Castle | 278 | 81.3% | 63.1% |
| Patrick Henry High Glade Spring | 390 | 74.9% | 78.3% |
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 Rye Cove High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #142 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #196 of 316 ▼ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #221 of 316 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #293 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #52 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #289 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #132 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.2% | #37 of 131 |
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
292
+26 (+10%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 292 | 24.8 | 11.8:1 | 78% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 23.3 | 13.3:1 | 78% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 23.8 | 11.8:1 | 76% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 22 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 21.8 | 11.8:1 | 63% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 63% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 21 | 15.4:1 | 40% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 23 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rye Cove High.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (258 to 292); teachers up 14% (21.8 to 24.8).
About Rye Cove High
Rye Cove High is a very small high school in Duffield, Virginia. Enrollment totals 292 students across grades 8 through 12. That puts enrollment 76% below the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
Scott County Public Schools enrolls 4,166 students, and its 13 schools include Rye Cove High.
A large majority of enrollment at Rye Cove High is White, at 93%. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among Scott County residents, the White share is about 96%. The diversity index for Rye Cove High is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. High schools in Virginia average 13.9:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Rye Cove High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 78%. The average for public schools in Scott County is similar, at 76%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Rye Cove High outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Rye Cove High sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.8% and a predicted 66.8%.
Census data for Scott County show median household income comes to about $46,349, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 17 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,166, Rye Cove High among them.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Rye Cove Intermediate, is the closest to Rye Cove High. In all, 7 other public schools sit within ten miles of Rye Cove High. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rye Cove High ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Rye Cove High the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 266 to 292, a 10% rise.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,479
Census ACS
Median income
$46,349
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
4,166 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County Public Schools
- Virginia Connections AcademyHigh · 728 students
- Gate City HighHigh · 592 students
- Shoemaker ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Weber City ElementaryElementary · 380 students
- Duffield-Pattonsville PrimaryElementary · 308 students
- Nickelsville ElementaryElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Rye Cove Intermediate0.2 mi · 138
- Duffield-Pattonsville Primary6.5 mi · 308
- Yuma Elementary8.9 mi · 199
- Virginia Connections Academy9.1 mi · 728
- Shoemaker Elementary9.2 mi · 419
- Gate City Middle9.4 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Rye Cove HighHow many students attend Rye Cove High?
Rye Cove High enrolls approximately 292 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Rye Cove High serve?
Rye Cove High serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Rye Cove High?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Rye Cove High.
What is the student diversity at Rye Cove High?
Student demographics at Rye Cove High are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rye Cove High in?
Rye Cove High is part of Scott County Public Schools.
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