High · Virginia
Virginia Connections Academy
Fully virtualVirginia Connections Academy, a public high school in Gate City, Virginia: grades 6–11, 728 students, 41.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Scott 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
- 728
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.7
- Students per teacher
- 41.2
- Grades
- 6–11
- High
More students per teacher than 100% of high schools in Virginia
Median 13.9 · 325 schools compared
More students per teacher than 99% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 65% of high schools in Virginia
Median 1,136 · 325 schools compared
Larger than 66% 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%63%proficient
+5.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 71% of high schools in Virginia
Median 71% · 42 high schools compared
379 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%22%proficient
−2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 87% of high schools in Virginia
Median 59% · 39 high schools compared
366 students tested, grades 6, 7, 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 6–11
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Fully virtual
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Scott County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 340 East Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251
- Phone
- (276)386-6118
- City or town
- Gate City
- County
- Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Gate City HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 592 | 15.0 |
| 9–12 | 2,315 | — | |
Rye Cove HighFree meals for all | 8–12 | 292 | 11.8 |
Twin Springs HighFree meals for all | 8–12 | 242 | 10.0 |
West Ridge High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,612 | — |
Volunteer High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 953 | — |
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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