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Enrollment
509
High
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAZEWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510381001668
Tazewell High
167 Cosby Blvd, Tazewell, VA 24651 · (276) 988-6502 · Tazewell County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Virginia public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
452 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 139 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 113 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
94.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.0% | 84.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Tazewell High
Tazewell High's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tazewell High this school | 509 | 88.8% | 82.3% |
| Union High Big Stone Gap | 564 | 90.6% | 84.9% |
| Graham High Bluefield | 489 | 89.6% | 84.0% |
| Richlands High Richlands | 557 | 88.5% | 85.1% |
| Lebanon High Lebanon | 571 | 90.9% | 67.1% |
| Eastside High Coeburn | 418 | 88.3% | 79.9% |
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 Tazewell High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #66 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #30 of 316 ▲ 56 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #126 of 316 ▼ 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #247 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #41 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #281 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #90 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #142 of 178 |
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
509
0 (0%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 885
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 509 | 44.3 | 11.5:1 | 89% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 40.8 | 12.5:1 | 87% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 83% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 41.9 | 12.7:1 | 61% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 51% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 44% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 40% (282) |
| 1990-91 | 885 | 49 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tazewell High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (530 to 509); teachers up 6% (41.9 to 44.3).
About Tazewell High
Tazewell High is a low-enrollment high school in Tazewell, Virginia. Its enrollment is 509 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Virginia average about 1,213 students, which makes this school 58% below average.
Tazewell High is part of a district of 13 schools: Tazewell County Public Schools, with 5,134 students.
Of every 100 students at Tazewell High, about 91 are White. Other students are 4% Black and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Tazewell County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at Tazewell High are from different groups.
The school had 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Virginia is 13.9:1. The school reported 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Tazewell County is similar, at 89%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tazewell High lands at A, ahead of 91% of Virginia public high schools.
Tazewell High posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia are predicted to post 63.9%, so the school is 18.3 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
For Tazewell County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $47,313 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Tazewell County number 14, with about 5,134 students.
Tazewell Primary, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Tazewell High, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 79.2%; Tazewell High's is 82.3%, ranking 3rd of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 509, starting from 509. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.5:1, from 13.8:1.
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,624
Census ACS
Median income
$47,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tazewell County Public Schools
- Richlands ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Richlands HighHigh · 557 students
- Graham HighHigh · 489 students
- Richlands MiddleMiddle · 447 students
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
- Graham IntermediateElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Tazewell
- Tazewell PrimaryElementary · 405 students
- Tazewell MiddleMiddle · 377 students
- Tazewell County Career & Technical CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Tazewell Primary0.2 mi · 405
- Tazewell Middle1.1 mi · 377
- Tazewell Intermediate1.6 mi · 371
- Abb's Valley-Boissevain Elementary11.8 mi · 144
- Dudley Primary14.4 mi · 208
- Cedar Bluff Elementary14.5 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Tazewell HighWhat is the total enrollment at Tazewell High?
Tazewell High enrolls approximately 509 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Tazewell High serve?
Tazewell High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Tazewell High have?
Tazewell High employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Tazewell High?
Student demographics at Tazewell High are roughly 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Tazewell High?
Tazewell High is overseen by Tazewell County Public Schools in Tazewell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.