High · Virginia

Castlewood High

Free meals for all

Castlewood High, a public high school in Castlewood, Virginia: grades 8–12, 285 students, 14.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Russell County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
285
Teachers (FTE)
19.1
Students per teacher
14.9
Grades
8–12
High

More students per teacher than 64% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

More students per teacher than 53% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 91% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Smaller than 61% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Virginia: 72%

61%proficient

−7.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of high schools in Virginia

Median 71% · 42 high schools compared

49 students tested, grades 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 8–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Russell County Public Schools.

Location

Address
304 Blue Devil Circle, Castlewood, VA 24224
Phone
(276)762-9449
City or town
Castlewood

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Lebanon HighFree meals for all
8–1257113.173%—
Eastside HighFree meals for all
9–1241815.9——
Twin Springs HighFree meals for all
8–1224210.065%59%
Central HighFree meals for all
9–1267616.5——
Council HighFree meals for all
8–1211511.272%53%
Ridgeview HighFree meals for all
9–125489.9——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 510342001514