Can I use Richmond County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Richmond County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Richmond County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Richmond County?

Start with the 6 listed public schools and 3 district entries, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Richmond County Schools & Education

Name: Richmond County, Virginia Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Richmond County, Virginia

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

78/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Higher Signal

Graduation Rate

97.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

97.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 89.0%

Per-Pupil Spending

$7,820

National avg $13,239

State avg $7,941

School Score

78/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 54/100

State Score Position

#10

of 127 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Richmond County

Measured School Summary

Richmond County has a higher measured school signal with a school score of 78/100 and a graduation rate of 97.0%, based on available NCES graduation-rate and school-score inputs.

Funding Context

At $7,820 per pupil, Richmond County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 45% above the Virginia average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 8.0 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 2% lower than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Richmond County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

6 public schools and 3 districts are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

78/100

Higher measured signal. Ranks #10 of 127 Virginia counties with school score data.

Completion

97.0%

8.0 pts above the state average

Funding context

$7,820

$121 below the state average

School coverage

3 districts represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

This county screens well on the combined school metrics available here. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Richmond County has 6 public schools across 3 districts, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Richmond County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Higher-signal county

Richmond County screens well on the measured county-level school signal. The next check is whether that strength is broad across districts or concentrated in a few school pathways.

State position

#10

of 127 Virginia counties with school score data. The county score is 24 points above the state average.

Data confidence

Patchy

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 33% of listed schools report enrollment. Treat rankings and averages cautiously here.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

Richmond County Public Schools

Elementary and high visible

1,346 students

Elementary 1Middle 0High 1Other 1

3 listed schools in this county slice.

NORTHERN NECK TECHNICAL CENTER

Other grade structure

0 students

Elementary 0Middle 0High 0Other 2

2 listed schools in this county slice.

NORTHERN NECK REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ED

Other grade structure

0 students

Elementary 0Middle 0High 0Other 1

1 listed school in this county slice.

District reality check

Richmond County Public Schools is the largest listed district slice, with 3 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Richmond County?

Do the neighborhoods we like fall inside the same district, or are we comparing different Richmond County district systems?

Where do students transition after the visible grade band, and is that next school inside the same district path?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Which schools are missing enrollment or ratio fields, and does the district publish a newer local profile than the NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data?

Data Story

Richmond County Achieves 97 Percent Graduation Rate in Rural District

Education data brief for Richmond County, Virginia.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:Graduation rate

Richmond County's graduation rate reached 97.0%, a figure that outpaces the Virginia state average of 89.0% and the national average of 87.0%. The county also reports a composite school score of 78.2, which is higher than the state average of 54.1 and the national median of 50.0. The education system is entirely rural, with all six public schools located in rural locales. Richmond County Public Schools is the largest district, serving 1,346 students. A distinctive feature of this county is the school mix: while it has only six schools total, four are classified as 'other' types, including two alternative schools. The largest individual facility is Richmond County Elementary, which enrolls 821 students. Per-pupil spending is $7,820, which is slightly below the state average of $7,941 and lower than the national expenditure of $13,000. There are no charter schools in operation within the county. See the NCES Common Core of Data for school-level records.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Richmond County

Reported Enrollment

1,346

2 schools reporting

School Districts

districts

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary1

Middle0

High1

Other4

3 School Districts in Richmond County

Richmond County Public Schools

3 schools

1,346 students

NORTHERN NECK TECHNICAL CENTER

2 schools

0 students

NORTHERN NECK REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ED

1 school

0 students

6 Public Schools in Richmond County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Every NCES public school remains listed here; no school-level profile pages are included in the current generated coverage for this county.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Richmond County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Richmond County Elementary	Record	Richmond County Public Schools	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	PK–7	Primary	821
RAPPAHANNOCK HIGH	Record	Richmond County Public Schools	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	8–12	High	525
MACKEY-THOMPSON LEARNING CENTER	Record	Richmond County Public Schools	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	—	Alternative	—
Northern Neck Gov Stem Academy/Agric & Maritime Studies	Record	NORTHERN NECK TECHNICAL CENTER	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	—	Vocational	—
NORTHERN NECK REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ED	Record	NORTHERN NECK REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE ED	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	—	Alternative	—
NORTHERN NECK TECHNICAL CENTER	Record	NORTHERN NECK TECHNICAL CENTER	Warsaw, 22572Rural: Distant	—	Vocational	—

Richmond County Elementary

Richmond County Public Schools