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What's one thing STRASBURG HIGH gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
614
High
DISTRICT 613 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510351001549
Strasburg High
250 Ram Drive, Strasburg, VA 22657 · (540) 465-5195 · Shenandoah County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Virginia public high schools
- BTest 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
15.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
512 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 151 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 166 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 135 | 22% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 94.0% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Strasburg High
Strasburg High's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strasburg High this school | 614 | 83.4% | 77.0% |
| Patrick County High Stuart | 795 | 79.4% | 84.8% |
| Central High Woodstock | 728 | 83.5% | 74.0% |
| Floyd County High Floyd | 668 | 81.6% | 77.4% |
| Alleghany High Covington | 818 | 81.8% | 59.8% |
| Luray High Luray | 452 | 81.0% | 76.8% |
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 Strasburg High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #130 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #102 of 316 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #180 of 316 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #228 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #229 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #250 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #113 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #120 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
614
-106 (-15%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 450
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 614 | 39.3 | 15.6:1 | 83% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 39.9 | 15.3:1 | 79% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 73% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 54 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 47.6 | 12.7:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 626 | 48 | 13.0:1 | 28% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 37 | 18.9:1 | 29% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 8% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 450 | 36 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strasburg High.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (606 to 614); teachers down 17% (47.6 to 39.3).
About Strasburg High
Federal records list Strasburg High as a high school in Strasburg, Virginia. The school counted 614 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 49% below the average for high schools in Virginia.
Shenandoah County Public Schools serves 5,703 students across 9 schools.
The student body at Strasburg High is 79% White. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
Strasburg High has 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Virginia is 13.9:1. At Strasburg High, 83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Shenandoah County is close, at 84%.
Strasburg High earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Virginia public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Strasburg High is 11.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
In the surrounding county, Shenandoah County, median household income comes to about $67,191, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 5,703 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Strasburg High from the closest public school, Sandy Hook Elementary. The five-mile area around Strasburg High holds 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Strasburg High at 2nd of 9.
Strasburg High falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 614, from 720 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.6:1, from 13.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Strasburg High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Shenandoah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,925
Census ACS
Median income
$67,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shenandoah County Public Schools
- W.W. Robinson ElementaryElementary · 1,035 students
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Central HighHigh · 728 students
- Ashby-Lee ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Peter Muhlenberg MiddleMiddle · 535 students
- Stonewall Jackson HighHigh · 496 students
Other schools in Strasburg
- Sandy Hook ElementaryElementary · 828 students
- Signal Knob MiddleMiddle · 413 students
Other Strasburg High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Strasburg High. Strasburg High is the largest of the 3.
- Strasburg High SchoolSTRASBURG, CO · 364 students
- STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOLStrasburg, ND · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Sandy Hook Elementary0.5 mi · 828
- Signal Knob Middle0.6 mi · 413
- Middletown Elementary6.7 mi · 648
- A.S. Rhodes Elementary8.8 mi · 265
- Skyline High9.9 mi · 848
- Skyline Middle10.1 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Strasburg HighHow many students attend Strasburg High?
Strasburg High enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 09-12.
Is Strasburg High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Strasburg High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Strasburg High have?
Strasburg High employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Strasburg High?
Strasburg High reports a student body of 79% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Strasburg High public or private?
Strasburg High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shenandoah County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.