# Nelson County High School (Virginia)

Nelson County High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school 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.
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

Racial breakdown: :
| White | 72.5% |
| African American | 13.9% |
| Hispanic | 7.3% |
| Multi Racial | 5.9% |
| Native American | 0.4% |
Schools That Feed into Nelson County High: :
| Elementary: | Middle: |
| Rockfish River Elementary | Nelson Middle |
| Tye River Elementary | |

## Historical statistics (information from SchoolDigger)

| Year | # Students | Full-time Teachers | Student/Teacher ratio | % Free/Discounted Lunch |
| 1989 | 611 | 45.5 | 13.4 | n/a |
| 1990 | 645 | 46.4 | 13.9 | n/a |
| 1991 | 581 | 46.0 | 12.6 | n/a |
| 1992 | 584 | 46.9 | 12.4 | n/a |
| 1993 | 618 | 48.4 | 12.8 | n/a |
| 1994 | 645 | 62.5 | n/a | 17.8 |
| 1995 | 684 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| 1996 | 684 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.7 |
| 1997 | 693 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| 1998 | 674 | n/a | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| 1999 | 694 | 60.0 | 11.6 | 25.1 |
| 2000 | 705 | n/a | 0.0 | 22.1 |
| 2001 | 722 | 56.5 | 12.8 | 24 |
| 2002 | 636 | 59.8 | 10.6 | 25 |
| 2003 | 636 | 59.8 | 10.6 | 25 |
| 2004 | 637 | 52.8 | 12.1 | 32 |
| 2005 | 654 | 52.7 | 12.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 637 | 52.0 | 12.3 | 34.3 |
| 2007 | 645 | 50.4 | 12.8 | 33.8 |
| 2008 | 596 | 45.2 | 13.2 | 51.4 |
| 2009 | 568 | 42.6 | 13.3 | 40 |
| 2010 | 581 | 40.1 | 14.4 | 43.3 |
| 2011 | 580 | 38.4 | 15.0 | 40.3 |
| 2012 | 597 | 41.5 | 14.3 | 43 |
| 2013 | 597 | 44.0 | 13.5 | 41.5 |
| 2014 | 611 | 46.9 | 13.0 | 42.1 |
| 2015 | 609 | 44.0 | 13.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 643 | 47.0 | 13.6 | 44.2 |
| 2017 | 625 | 48.0 | 13.0 | 46.4 |
| 2018 | 636 | 48.1 | 13.2 | 50.5 |
| 2019 | 632 | 48.9 | 12.9 | 46 |
| 2020 | 574 | 47.9 | 11.9 | 46.3 |
| 2021 | 570 | 47.6 | 11.9 | n/a |
| 2022 | 545 | 48.2 | 11.3 | 48.8 |

### Historical racial background (information from SchoolDigger)

| Year | White | African American | Asian | Hispanic | American Indian | Pacific Islander | Two or More Races | Not Specified | Total |
| 1989 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 611 | 611 |
| 1990 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 645 | 645 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 581 | 581 |
| 1992 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 584 | 584 |
| 1993 | 465 | 143 | 1 | 9 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 618 |
| 1994 | 485 | 144 | 2 | 14 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 645 |
| 1995 | 491 | 173 | 3 | 16 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 684 |
| 1996 | 491 | 173 | 3 | 16 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 684 |
| 1997 | 506 | 165 | 3 | 18 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 693 |
| 1998 | 508 | 152 | 4 | 10 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 674 |
| 1999 | 532 | 147 | 6 | 9 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 694 |
| 2000 | 566 | 132 | 4 | 7 | 0 | n/a | n/a | -4 | 705 |
| 2001 | 578 | 135 | 1 | 7 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 722 |
| 2002 | 517 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 636 |
| 2003 | 517 | 115 | 0 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 636 |
| 2004 | 508 | 124 | 2 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 637 |
| 2005 | 533 | 111 | 4 | 6 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 654 |
| 2006 | 511 | 107 | 1 | 9 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 8 | 637 |
| 2007 | 503 | 120 | 1 | 15 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 6 | 645 |
| 2008 | 457 | 108 | 2 | 19 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 9 | 596 |
| 2009 | 426 | 105 | 2 | 23 | 1 | n/a | n/a | 11 | 568 |
| 2010 | 440 | 104 | 4 | 21 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 10 | 581 |
| 2011 | 421 | 101 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 580 |
| 2012 | 441 | 94 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 597 |
| 2013 | 440 | 89 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 597 |
| 2014 | 456 | 91 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 611 |
| 2015 | 444 | 93 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 609 |
| 2016 | 481 | 90 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 643 |
| 2017 | 471 | 86 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 625 |
| 2018 | 485 | 80 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 636 |
| 2019 | 474 | 81 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 632 |
| 2020 | 417 | 76 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 574 |
| 2021 | 405 | 78 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 570 |
| 2022 | 395 | 76 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 545 |