Nelson County High School is a four-year
comprehensive public high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most popular form of public high schools around the world, designed to provide a well-rounded education to its students, as opposed to the practice in some places in which examinations are used to sort students i ...
located within the
Nelson County Public Schools School District.
It has an enrollment of 540 students in grades 9–12. Instruction is provided by 51 professional staff members. Nelson County High School has a shared campus with
Nelson County Middle School.
The school is accredited by the
Virginia State Board of Education The Virginia State Board of Education is an independent board established by the state of Virginia in the United States which helps set state elementary and secondary educational policy, advocates within state government for elementary and secondar ...
.
As of December 2023, the school is going through a re-roofing project.
Creative arts courses
Theatre
* The school's One Act Play team won the Region 2C Theatre Festival at the high school on November 18, 2023 & advanced to the Virginia High School League Class 2 Theatre Festival on December 2, 2023.
* The cast and directors of "Selections from the One Act Play That Goes Wrong" won the Region 2C Sub-region Theatre Festival in November 2022.
* Two students both received recognition as Outstanding Actors, and another two received honorable mention awards for their acting.
Art
Nelson County students design art for local billboards.
Student organizations
Future Farmers of America
The school is active in FFA.
Current statistics
Historical statistics (information from SchoolDigger)
Historical racial background (information from SchoolDigger)
References
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External links
* {{Official website, https://www.nelson.k12.va.us/o/nchs
Nelson County High''
Nelson County High - Virginia Department of Education , School Quality Profiles''
Nelson County Highschool''
Nelson County High School - Nelson County - Virginia.gov''
NELSON COUNTY HIGH''
NELSON COUNTY HIGH - National Center For Education Statistics''
Nelson County, Virginia
High schools in Virginia