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Gloucester High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
6680 Short Lane
Gloucester, VA 23061
Phone
(804) 693-2526
District
Gloucester County Public Schools
County
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1549
Classroom Teachers
108

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.9% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Gloucester High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
81%
82%
85%
79%
77%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 423 27.3%
Grade 10 408 26.3%
Grade 11 375 24.2%
Grade 12 343 22.1%
Total 1549 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.5% 83.1% 48.2%
Black 7.0% 6.6% 23.2%
Hispanic 9.3% 9.0% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.8% 8.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.2% 54.5% 54.2%
Free lunch eligible 36.5% 52.4% 52.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.7% 2.2% 2.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,228 8,715,698
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 180.1 218
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.5% 33.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.3% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 20.3% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,111 3,326,260
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.9% 41.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 19.1% 27.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.7% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.0% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 12.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.4% 8.4%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,001 $39,923,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $688 $3,431,000 4.3%
Staff $1,127 $5,622,000 7.0%
General Administration $184 $919,000 1.1%
School Administration $729 $3,640,000 4.5%
Operation $1,357 $6,771,000 8.4%
Transportation $912 $4,549,000 5.7%
Other $192 $959,000 1.2%
Total Support $5,189 $25,891,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,924 $14,591,000 18.1%
Total Expenditures $16,113 $80,405,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,373 $10,552,865,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $758 $955,427,000 5.0%
Staff $1,079 $1,360,547,000 7.1%
General Administration $220 $277,323,000 1.4%
School Administration $795 $1,002,496,000 5.2%
Operation $1,221 $1,539,444,000 8.0%
Transportation $601 $757,130,000 4.0%
Other $254 $320,067,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,929 $6,212,434,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,880 $2,369,342,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $15,182 $19,134,641,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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