Western Albemarle High

As a middle-of-the-pack high school in Crozet, Virginia, Western Albemarle High educates 1,273 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Albemarle County Public Schools.

Albemarle County Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 14,149 students; Western Albemarle High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Western Albemarle High shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Albemarle County (around 37%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Western Albemarle High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 84.7%, the actual is 90.7%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Albemarle County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,392 per year, roughly 61% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albemarle County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students), of which Western Albemarle High is one.

The closest other public school is Joseph T. Henley Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Western Albemarle High at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 74.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 1,139 students in 2018 compared to 1,273 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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