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James River 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
9906 Springwood Rd
Buchanan, VA 24066
Phone
(540) 254-1121
District
BOTETOURT CO PBLC SCHS
County
BOTETOURT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
476
Classroom Teachers
39

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.1% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

James River High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
70%
88%
73%
84%
67%
    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
12
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 9 122 25.6%
Grade 10 102 21.4%
Grade 11 138 29.0%
Grade 12 114 23.9%
Total 476 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.9% 91.2% 49.0%
Black 1.1% 2.1% 23.4%
Hispanic 2.6% 5.7% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 1.0% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.3% 28.6% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 23.7% 24.5% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.5% 4.1% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,542 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 61.4 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.1% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.1% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 22.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,076 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 3.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.8% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.4% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.3% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.1% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.9% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 6.8% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,045 $32,914,240 59.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $2,462,144 4.5%
Staff $734 $3,429,248 6.2%
General Administration $217 $1,013,824 1.8%
School Administration $694 $3,242,368 5.9%
Operation $950 $4,438,400 8.0%
Transportation $686 $3,204,992 5.8%
Other $179 $836,288 1.5%
Total Support $3,987 $18,627,264 33.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $800 $3,737,600 6.8%
Total Expenditures $11,831 $55,274,432 100.0%
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%