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Salem 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
400 Spartan Dr
Salem, VA 24153
Phone
(540) 387-2437
District
SALEM CITY PBLC SCHS
County
SALEM CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1249
Classroom Teachers
96

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

8

(10 is best)

Better than 75.0% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
85%
87%
85%
93%
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
13
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 333 26.7%
Grade 10 324 25.9%
Grade 11 317 25.4%
Grade 12 275 22.0%
Total 1249 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 75.4% 73.4% 49.0%
Black 13.0% 14.9% 23.4%
Hispanic 8.4% 8.9% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.1% 2.7% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 31.0% 39.6% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 25.2% 32.7% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.8% 6.8% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 25,335 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,745.7 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.9% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 18.8% 15.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,971 3,264,069
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.2% 90.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.2% 40.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.6% 22.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 12.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 15.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 13.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.6% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 7.9% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,246 $28,447,796 55.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $511 $2,006,186 3.9%
Staff $688 $2,701,088 5.2%
General Administration $256 $1,005,056 1.9%
School Administration $611 $2,398,786 4.6%
Operation $898 $3,525,548 6.8%
Transportation $347 $1,362,322 2.6%
Other $200 $785,200 1.5%
Total Support $3,510 $13,780,260 26.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,407 $9,449,882 18.3%
Total Expenditures $13,163 $51,677,938 100.0%
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%