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Enrollment
2,198
High
DISTRICT 2,147 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STAFFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510366001602
Stafford Senior High
63 Stafford Indian Lane, Fredericksburg, VA 22405 · (540) 371-7200 · Stafford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL2,198 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Virginia public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.5:1
191 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
855 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 573 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 567 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 494 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 564 | 26% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
86.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +20.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 20 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Stafford Senior High
Stafford Senior High's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Senior High this school | 2,198 | 38.9% | 71.4% |
| Kempsville High Virginia Beach | 2,046 | 41.0% | 80.1% |
| Douglas S. Freeman High Richmond | 1,881 | 43.5% | 68.5% |
| James River High Midlothian | 1,842 | 31.5% | 72.6% |
| Albemarle High Charlottesville | 1,964 | 31.0% | 70.7% |
| Clover Hill High Midlothian | 1,742 | 32.4% | 77.4% |
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 Stafford Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #197 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #219 of 316 ▲ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #152 of 316 ▲ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,198 | #37 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #42 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #49 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #227 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #43 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
2,198
+189 (+9%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 1,679
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 2,198 | 191 | 11.5:1 | 39% (855) |
| 2023-24 | 2,223 | 182 | 12.2:1 | 41% (904) |
| 2022-23 | 2,117 | 183 | 11.6:1 | 38% (810) |
| 2020-21 | 2,009 | 129 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,960 | 126.7 | 15.5:1 | 28% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 1,950 | 122 | 16.0:1 | 23% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 1,920 | 112 | 17.1:1 | 18% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 1,674 | 122 | 13.7:1 | 9% (149) |
| 1990-91 | 1,679 | 110 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stafford Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,960 to 2,198); teachers up 51% (126.7 to 191).
About Stafford Senior High
Stafford Senior High is a large high school in Fredericksburg, Virginia, one of the schools in Stafford County Public Schools. The school's 2,198 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Virginia average about 1,213 students each.
Stafford County Public Schools has 31,812 students in 32 schools, and Stafford Senior High is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Stafford Senior High, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Stafford Senior High's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 191 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. On average, high schools in Virginia have 13.9:1, compared with 11.5:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Stafford Senior High is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Stafford Senior High is C. Compared with Virginia public high schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Stafford Senior High's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 77.5%. Stafford Senior High scores 71.4%, 6.1 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Stafford County, the median household income is $137,807, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. In all, Stafford County has 41 public schools and roughly 31,812 students.
The shortest distance from Stafford Senior High to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Stafford Senior High ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is up 9% from 2020-21, when Stafford Senior High had 2,009 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,198. Students per teacher fell from 15.6 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Stafford Senior High. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,466
Census ACS
Median income
$137,807
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
31,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stafford County Public Schools
- Mountain View HighHigh · 2,233 students
- Brooke Point HighHigh · 2,199 students
- Colonial Forge HighHigh · 2,122 students
- North Stafford HighHigh · 1,982 students
- Rodney E. Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,063 students
- H.H. Poole MiddleMiddle · 995 students
Other schools in Fredericksburg
- Riverbend HighHigh · 1,913 students
- Massaponax HighHigh · 1,692 students
- Courtland HighHigh · 1,497 students
- Chancellor HighHigh · 1,321 students
- James Monroe HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 946 students
Nearby schools
- Edward E. Drew Jr. Middle1.0 mi · 625
- Falmouth Elementary1.5 mi · 724
- Conway Elementary1.8 mi · 904
- T. Benton Gayle Middle1.8 mi · 939
- Rising Star Early Childhood Education Center at Melchers2.0 mi · 280
- Donald B. Dixon-Lyle R. Smith Middle3.0 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Stafford Senior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Stafford Senior High?
Stafford Senior High enrolls approximately 2,198 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Stafford Senior High serve?
Stafford Senior High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Stafford Senior High?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Stafford Senior High.
How diverse is Stafford Senior High?
Stafford Senior High reports a student body of 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Stafford Senior High in?
Stafford Senior High is part of Stafford County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.