High · Virginia

Narrows High

Free meals for all

Narrows High, a public high school in Narrows, Virginia: grades 8–12, 300 students, 10.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Giles 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
300
Teachers (FTE)
27.9
Students per teacher
10.7
Grades
8–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 90% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Smaller than 60% 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%

60%proficient

−20.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 81% of high schools in Virginia

Median 71% · 42 high schools compared

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

Math

Virginia: 66%

61%proficient

−23.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 59% of high schools in Virginia

Median 59% · 39 high schools compared

51 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 Giles County Public Schools.

Location

Address
1 Green Wave Lane, Narrows, VA 24124
Phone
(540)726-2384
City or town
Narrows

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Giles HighFree meals for all
8–1253011.1
James Monroe High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1246023.0
Pikeview High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1262919.1
9–1292516.8
9–12——
Pulaski County Senior HighFree meals for all
9–121,15912.1

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 510159000673