Powhatan High
Powhatan, VA · High School · Grades 9-12
Powhatan High is a high school in Powhatan, VA with 1,404 students enrolled and a 63% proficiency rate. Part of Powhatan County Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Powhatan High is a high school located in Powhatan, Virginia. The school serves 1,404 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 63% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 76% graduation rate.
25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Powhatan High is part of the Powhatan County Public Schools in Virginia.
How This School Compares
Powhatan High has 1,404 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Powhatan County Public Schools (848 students). Its 63% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the Virginia state average of 46%, the school performs 18 points higher.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Powhatan High has 1,404 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1.
According to EDFacts data, 63% of students at Powhatan High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Powhatan High has a 76% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Powhatan High is part of the Powhatan County Public Schools in Powhatan, Virginia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.