Tazewell High

Tazewell High, an intimate high school in Tazewell, Virginia, part of Tazewell County Public Schools, teaches 509 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Tazewell County Public Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,134 students; Tazewell High is among them.

On demographics, Tazewell High shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Tazewell High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Tazewell High ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.9%; Tazewell High posts 82.3%, +18.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tazewell County) shows that median household earnings sit near $47,313, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Tazewell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students), of which Tazewell High is one.

Tazewell Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tazewell High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 79.2%.

Tazewell High operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 530 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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