About Highland County Public Schools
Highland County Public Schools is a public school system serving Highland County, Virginia, based in Monterey. It serves 208 students across 2 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #131 largest of Virginia’s 132 school systems.
Size and structure
Highland County Public Schools enrolls 208 students in 2 schools — an average of about 104 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #131 of 132 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Highland County Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (208 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Highland County Public Schools employs about 26 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1 — below the Virginia average of about 13.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 59.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Virginia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Highland County Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Virginia publishes School Quality Profiles for every school and division, and in 2024–25 adopted a new School Performance and Support Framework of multi-indicator performance and support designations covering achievement, readiness, program completion, safety and teacher quality. Look up Highland County Public Schools on the Virginia School Quality Profiles.
Accreditation status
Virginia accredits its public schools itself through the Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-131), administered by the Department of Education under the Board of Education, rather than a private accreditor. See the Virginia Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Highland County Public Schools vs. Virginia
See every Virginia district side by side in the Virginia directory.
Look up Highland County Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):