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Nelson County 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 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
6919 Thomas Nelson Hwy
Lovingston, VA 22949
Phone
(434) 263-8317
District
NELSON CO PBLC SCHS
County
NELSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
545
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

4

(10 is best)

Better than 39.8% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Nelson County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
85%
79%
85%
88%
85%
    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
11
11
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 169 31.0%
Grade 10 140 25.7%
Grade 11 103 18.9%
Grade 12 133 24.4%
Total 545 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.0% 73.1% 49.0%
Black 14.8% 14.4% 23.4%
Hispanic 7.8% 11.6% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.5% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 48.8% 57.5% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 42.2% 49.9% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.6% 7.7% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,795 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 31.2 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.6% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.8% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.0% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 27.0% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,149 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 2.0% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.5% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.3% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.7% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 13.1% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,339 $14,134,605 53.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $679 $1,150,905 4.4%
Staff $991 $1,679,745 6.3%
General Administration $398 $674,610 2.5%
School Administration $925 $1,567,875 5.9%
Operation $1,613 $2,734,035 10.3%
Transportation $1,340 $2,271,300 8.6%
Other $243 $411,885 1.6%
Total Support $6,188 $10,488,660 39.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,076 $1,823,820 6.9%
Total Expenditures $15,602 $26,445,390 100.0%
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%