2010 City Rankings - Virginia High Schools
The city rankings were calculated by taking the standardized tests used by Virginia to determine the proficiency level across varying grades and subjects for high schools in the state. These school percentile ranks were then averaged for all high schools in each city and ordered from highest to lowest. The tests and subjects used to determine the percentile ranks can be found below. Learn more about how rankings are determined.
SOL Exams Used To Determine Rankings
- Algebra I
- Algebra II
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth Science
- Geography
- Geometry
- Reading
- VA & US History
- World History I
- World History II
- Writing
Find a City's Ranking:
| Rank | City Name | Percentile | Changed From 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Paul, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 195 | 87.00 |  5 | |
| 8 | Gate City, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 504 | 80.28 | 59 | |
| 9 | West Point, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 252 | 79.86 |  3 | |
| 10 | Pound, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 242 | 79.73 | 6 | |
| 18 | Buchanan, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 486 | 73.13 | 18 | |
| 19 | Poquoson, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 870 | 72.82 | 7 | |
| 12 | Vienna, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,347 | 72.72 | 2 | |
| 43 | Mclean, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,976 | 72.61 | 40 | |
| 21 | Fairfax, Virginia High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 8,619 | 71.31 | 6 | |
| 25 | Grundy, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 472 | 71.29 | 20 | |
| 27 | Palmyra, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,189 | 70.65 | 61 | |
| 28 | Altavista, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 771 | 69.89 | 12 | |
| 34 | Nickelsville, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 283 | 69.46 | 13 | |
| 37 | Crozet, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,063 | 68.77 | 8 | |
| 38 | Monterey, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 142 | 67.30 | 28 | |
| 39 | Stuart, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 995 | 66.93 | 13 | |
| 109 | Mechanicsville, Virginia High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 4,551 | 65.74 | 98 | |
| 40 | Mineral, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,471 | 65.52 | 41 | |
| 46 | Daleville, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,062 | 63.71 | 77 | |
| 72 | Ashburn, Virginia High Schools: 3 | Total Enrollment: 4,954 | 63.60 | 52 | |
| 6 | Yorktown, Virginia High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 3,683 | 63.09 | 12 | |
| 97 | Chantilly, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 5,620 | 61.84 | 75 | |
| 51 | Lorton, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,907 | 61.54 | 7 | |
| 52 | Nokesville, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,626 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" |  | 61.47 | 12 |
| 48 | Salem, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,967 | 61.21 | 20 | |
| 53 | South Hill, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 767 | 60.95 | 18 | |
| 54 | Burke, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 3,789 | 60.92 | 17 | |
| 55 | Luray, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 537 | 60.91 | 9 | |
| 56 | Potomac Falls, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,535 | 60.82 | 31 | |
| 57 | Dry Fork, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 817 | 60.80 | 30 | |
| 60 | Saluda, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 413 | 60.43 | 36 | |
| 61 | Big Stone Gap, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 542 | 60.33 | 33 | |
| 67 | Stafford, Virginia High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 7,221 | 60.02 | 50 | |
| 62 | Purcellville, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,659 | 59.97 | 4 | |
| 63 | Hurley, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 257 | 59.94 | 40 | |
| 66 | Duffield, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 303 | 59.62 | 42 | |
| 68 | Emporia, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 784 | 59.23 | 12 | |
| 69 | Powhatan, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,419 | 58.63 | 12 | |
| 75 | Swoope, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 607 | 57.40 | 32 | |
| 73 | Strasburg, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 672 | 57.37 | 34 | |
| 74 | Penn Laird, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,355 | 57.11 | 4 | |
| 45 | Bristol, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,310 | 57.03 | 17 | |
| 77 | Pilgrim Knob, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 286 | 56.65 | 9 | |
| 80 | Rustburg, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 932 | 56.29 | 31 | |
| 78 | Ridgeway, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,002 | 56.20 | 4 | |
| 82 | Haymarket, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,896 | 56.00 | 49 | |
| 85 | Stephens City, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,592 | 54.63 | 5 | |
| 86 | Ashland, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,505 | 54.40 | 23 | |
| 87 | Wytheville, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 474 | 54.15 | 43 | |
| 90 | Damascus, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 300 | 53.52 | 55 | |
| 91 | Wise, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 471 | 53.00 | 18 | |
| 93 | Haysi, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 284 | 52.94 | 5 | |
| 95 | Norton, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 322 | 52.87 | 2 | |
| 98 | Fort Defiance, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 860 | 52.48 | 6 | |
| 99 | Naruna, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 633 | 52.36 | 15 | |
| 235 | Midlothian, Virginia High Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 9,183 | 52.34 | 223 | |
| 16 | Falls Church, Virginia High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 5,438 | 52.18 | 3 | |
| 100 | Forest, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,302 | 52.02 | 35 | |
| 33 | Chesapeake, Virginia High Schools: 7 | Total Enrollment: 13,217 | 51.81 | 2 | |
| 106 | Lovingston, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 581 | 51.81 | 19 | |
| 101 | Lebanon, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 572 | 51.79 | 41 | |
| 102 | Warsaw, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 387 | 51.77 | 23 | |
| 103 | Rocky Gap, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 199 | 51.61 | 71 | |
| 105 | Floyd, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 806 | 51.13 | 36 | |
| 107 | Glade Spring, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 446 | 50.94 | 66 | |
| 110 | South Riding, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,601 | 50.89 | 56 | |
| 111 | Smithfield, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,279 | 50.51 | 32 | |
| 112 | Buckingham, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 706 | 50.29 | 11 | |
| 114 | Bluefield, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 553 | 50.06 | 65 | |
| 115 | Radford, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 438 | 49.70 | 85 | |
| 116 | Goochland, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 764 | 49.46 | 42 | |
| 117 | Rural Retreat, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 361 | 49.40 | 46 | |
| 119 | Stuarts Draft, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 759 | 49.22 | 40 | |
| 121 | King William, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 641 | 48.95 | 7 | |
| 122 | Abingdon, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 968 | 48.64 | 20 | |
| 124 | Washington, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 372 | 47.89 | 5 | |
| 126 | Narrows, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 327 | 47.26 | 41 | |
| 127 | Quicksburg, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 541 | 47.20 | 10 | |
| 271 | Springfield, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 4,130 | 47.19 | 237 | |
| 128 | Skipwith, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 667 | 46.93 | 21 | |
| 129 | Broadway, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,107 | 46.77 | 37 | |
| 130 | New Kent, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 936 | 46.30 | 41 | |
| 131 | Richlands, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 796 | 46.19 | 25 | |
| 132 | Nora, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 213 | 46.15 | 20 | |
| 134 | Chincoteague, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 301 | 45.92 | 96 | |
| 135 | Bassett, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,214 | 45.73 | 59 | |
| 138 | Vinton, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,184 | 45.42 | 56 | |
| 139 | Courtland, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 892 | 45.26 | 83 | |
| 147 | Castlewood, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 357 | 44.98 | 140 | |
| 92 | Staunton, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 1,310 | 44.73 | 27 | |
| 143 | Bridgewater, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 1,116 | 44.70 | 65 | |
| 213 | Williamsburg, Virginia High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 4,151 | 44.62 | 171 | |
| 104 | Leesburg, Virginia High Schools: 2 | Total Enrollment: 3,443 | 44.57 | 38 | |
| 193 | Virginia Beach, Virginia High Schools: 11 | Total Enrollment: 22,535 | 44.49 | 148 | |
| 70 | Charlottesville, Virginia High Schools: 4 | Total Enrollment: 4,262 | 44.35 | 17 | |
| 144 | Clifton, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 2,278 | 44.34 | 80 | |
| 146 | Chatham, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 664 | 44.30 | 51 | |
| 11 | Roanoke, Virginia High Schools: 5 | Total Enrollment: 6,602 | 43.40 | 3 | |
| 309 | Richmond, Virginia High Schools: 16 | Total Enrollment: 20,565 Has one high school that won a "Blue Ribbon Schools Award" | | 43.28 | 308 |
| 150 | Mathews, Virginia High Schools: 1 | Total Enrollment: 429 | 43.27 | 75 | |
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