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Altavista High School

Serves grades 6 - 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
904 Bedford Avenue
Altavista, VA 24517
Phone
(434) 369-4768
District
CAMPBELL CO PBLC SCHS
County
CAMPBELL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
702
Classroom Teachers
46

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.8% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
63%
80%
70%
78%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
66%
63%
75%
72%
57%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
54%
64%
62%
71%
45%
56%
    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
15
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 101 14.4%
Grade 7 87 12.4%
Grade 8 103 14.7%
Grade 9 123 17.5%
Grade 10 95 13.5%
Grade 11 87 12.4%
Grade 12 106 15.1%
Total 702 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.1% 73.7% 49.0%
Black 28.3% 17.9% 23.4%
Hispanic 3.2% 6.4% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 1.4% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.6% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 44.3% 47.7% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 39.6% 40.4% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 7.4% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 55,656 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 109.7 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.1% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.3% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.9% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,243 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.0% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.4% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.1% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.6% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,893 $46,678,453 52.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $627 $4,966,467 5.6%
Staff $1,054 $8,348,734 9.4%
General Administration $158 $1,251,518 1.4%
School Administration $690 $5,465,490 6.2%
Operation $993 $7,865,553 8.9%
Transportation $557 $4,411,997 5.0%
Other $216 $1,710,936 1.9%
Total Support $4,295 $34,020,695 38.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,015 $8,039,815 9.1%
Total Expenditures $11,204 $88,746,884 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,122 $10,150,830,466 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $899,115,816 4.8%
Staff $956 $1,195,311,652 6.4%
General Administration $235 $293,181,354 1.6%
School Administration $785 $981,688,258 5.3%
Operation $1,172 $1,464,732,040 7.8%
Transportation $669 $836,467,381 4.5%
Other $242 $303,024,403 1.6%
Total Support $4,780 $5,973,544,662 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,052 $2,564,076,445 13.7%
Total Expenditures $14,953 $18,688,464,433 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%