Smithfield High

Smithfield High, a mid-sized high school in Smithfield, Virginia, operated by Isle of Wight County Public Schools, teaches 1,322 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Isle of Wight County Public Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,519 students; Smithfield High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Smithfield High logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Isle of Wight County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Isle of Wight County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Smithfield High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.4%; this one delivers 77.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Isle of Wight County shows median household income runs about $95,241, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Smithfield High is one of 9 public schools in Isle of Wight County (combined enrollment of about 5,519 students).

Nearest neighbor: Smithfield Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Smithfield High. On composite proficiency, Smithfield High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 77.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smithfield High has increased 5%, going from 1,261 students in 2018 to 1,322 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 59% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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