High · Virginia
James River High
James River High, a public high school in Buchanan, Virginia: grades 9–12, 464 students, 14.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Botetourt 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
- 464
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.1
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- Grades
- 9–12
- 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 80% of high schools in Virginia
Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared
Larger than 53% 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
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Botetourt County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 9906 Springwood Rd, Buchanan, VA 24066
- Phone
- (540)254-1121
- County
- Botetourt County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–12 | 963 | 16.0 | |
Liberty HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 708 | 13.0 |
Alleghany HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 818 | 13.6 |
| 9–12 | 1,134 | 15.5 | |
Craig County HighFree meals for all | 6–12 | 278 | 10.3 |
Northside HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 919 | 14.9 |
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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