High · Virginia

Thomas Dale High

Free meals for all

Thomas Dale High, a public high school in Chester, Virginia: grades 9–12, 2,582 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chesterfield 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: 2,582
Teachers (FTE): 190.5
Students per teacher: 13.6
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of high schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 95% of high schools in Virginia

Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared

Larger than 97% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

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: Large suburb
Run by: Chesterfield County Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 3626 W. Hundred Rd., Chester, VA 23831
Phone: (804)768-6245
City or town: Chester
County: Chesterfield County

Quality of life in Chester Schools in Chester

Nearby high schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Carver College and Career AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	272	6.6	2.2 mi
Lloyd C. Bird HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,131	14.8	3.7 mi
Meadowbrook HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,953	13.2	5.7 mi
Matoaca HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,624	13.7	6.1 mi
Colonial Heights HighFree meals for all	9–12	886	13.4	6.9 mi
Varina HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,420	13.8	8.3 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).

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.

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