Schools · Lynchburg
Lynchburg, VA schools
30 public, charter and private schools in Lynchburg. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Lynchburg’s School Grade: D
The public schools Lynchburg’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 89% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 11%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (205)Better than 3%
High confidence. Built on 3,234 tested students and a graduating class of 619; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Lynchburg City)36%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
81% graduate on time
Graduation rate
81%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
619
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #240 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Lynchburg
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 30 schools in Lynchburg
Showing 1–30 of 30 schools
Heritage ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 448 students
DPublicSheffield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 443 students
C-PublicRobert S. Payne ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 435 students
CPublicBedford Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
C-PublicLinkhorne ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 378 students
DPublicPerrymont ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 377 students
DPublicPaul Munro ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 356 students
A-PublicSandusky ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 316 students
C+PublicWilliam M. Bass ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 188 students
DPublicDearington Elementary/InnovationElementary · Grades PK–5 · 180 students
D-PublicT.C. Miller Elementary School for InnovationElementary · Grades PK–5 · 168 students
DPublicMontessori Childrens HouseElementary · Grades PK–2 · 62 students
PrivateSandusky MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 583 students
DPublicPaul Laurence Dunbar Middle for InnovationMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 531 students
CPublicLinkhorne MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 519 students
CPublicE.C. Glass HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,220 students
B-PublicHeritage HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,113 students
CPublicVirginia Episcopal SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 248 students
PrivateCarl B. Hutcherson Building
PublicCentral Virginia Governor's School
PublicLaurel Regional Special Ed Ctr
PublicLynchburg City Secondary Alternative
PublicLynchburg Juvenile Detention Home
PublicLynchburg Regional Governor's STEM Academy
PublicRestorative Academy - Elem
PublicRestorative Academy - Secondary
PublicNew Covenant SchoolsOther · Grades PK–12 · 453 students
PrivateRivermont Lynchburg NorthOther · Grades K–12 · 40 students
PrivateNew Vistas SchoolOther · Grades 2–12 · 39 students
PrivateBridges Treatment CenterOther · Grades 2–11 · 26 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.