Staunton River High

Located at 1095 Golden Eagle Dr, in Moneta, Virginia, Staunton River High is a low-enrollment four-year high school that hosts 816 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Bedford County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 1,213.

Staunton River High is one of 19 schools operated by Bedford County Public Schools, a district that educates 8,930 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Staunton River High lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Bedford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staunton River High shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bedford County's rate of about 59%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Staunton River High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.3%; this one delivers 60.1%.

In the broader community, Bedford County reports that median household income runs about $78,937, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bedford County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,930 students), of which Staunton River High is one.

Staunton River Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Staunton River High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 967 students in 2018 compared to 816 in 2025.

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