High · Virginia

Galax High

Free meals for all

Galax High, a public high school in Galax, Virginia: grades 9–12, 432 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Galax City 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: 432
Teachers (FTE): 31.4
Students per teacher: 13.8
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 50% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 82% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Larger than 51% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Galax City Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 200 Maroon Tide Dr, Galax, VA 24333
Phone: (276)236-2991
City or town: Galax
County: Galax city

Website Quality of life in Galax Schools in Galax

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Grayson County HighFree meals for all	9–12	461	12.3	12.6 mi
Carroll County HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,033	11.7	13.4 mi
Alleghany High	9–12	395	11.6	14.7 mi
North Surry High	9–12	792	17.2	17.3 mi
Fort Chiswell HighFree meals for all	9–12	411	12.8	19.0 mi
Mount Airy High	9–12	620	16.5	19.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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