William Fleming High

Located at 3649 Ferncliff Ave NW, in Roanoke, Virginia, William Fleming High is a well-populated four-year high school that serves 1,957 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Roanoke City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 61% larger than the state mean of about 1,213.

Roanoke City Public Schools runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,811 students. William Fleming High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, William Fleming High lists that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 130 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting William Fleming High higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at William Fleming High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William Fleming High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Roanoke city put the typical household earns roughly $55,378 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. William Fleming High is one of 30 public schools in Roanoke city (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westside Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William Fleming High ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. William Fleming High's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,659 (now 1,957). Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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