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Matoaca High School

17700 Longhouse Lane, Chesterfield, VA, 23838 -

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Definition of Terms

Matoaca High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Chesterfield County, VA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1759 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

110 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 515 students

Grade 10 - 469 students

Grade 11 - 416 students

Grade 12 - 359 students

This School

(VA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(VA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	3%
% Hispanic	1%	5%
% Black	33%	27%
% White	64%	63%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(VA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(VA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Chesterfield County Public s School District

This School's Agency

(VA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	60	8
Number of Students Managed	57,239 students	3,743 students
District Total Revenue	$485,492,000	$37,199,000
District Expenditure	$482,322,000	$37,511,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,482	$9,938
District Expenditure / Student	$8,426	$10,022
District Graduation Rates	83%	88%

Passion and fun on the volleyball court (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
posted on October 12, 2009 at 08:31:04 am
CHESTERFIELD - For two Matoaca High School students, Kevin Ryan and Austin Woods, playing boys volleyball was a risk worth taking. "We were at our neighborhood pool playing tennis when I asked Austin if he wanted to play boys volleyball. I thought it w
Petersburg, Matoaca high schools benefit from Dominion grants (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 08:17:56 am
RICHMOND - Two Tri-City area schools are benefiting from educational grants awarded by Dominion. Petersburg High School in Petersburg was awarded $10,000 for the Student Water Analysis & Monitoring Project. Plans are to create an outdoor classroom that
Shoe fund includes other back-to-school needs (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on October 4, 2009 at 04:21:15 am
The WRVA Alden Aaroe Shoe Fund isn’t just for shoes anymore. Donations of more than $60,000 this year helped more than 800 children get off to a good start in school with whatever they needed most. “It’s grown to provide more than just shoes,“ said Jeff Baldwin, spokesman for the Salvation Army, which administers the 42-year-old fund. “It’s back-to-school supplies, and if they need a pair of ...
Online Exclusive (NBC 12 Richmond)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:28:12 pm
CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) - While students don't have to pay to play sports in Chesterfield County, parents are used to forking over cash for other high school activities.
Chesterfield teen appearing on MDA telethon (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on September 6, 2009 at 04:15:45 am
At the age of 9, Caroline Pennell was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. Five years later, she’s sharing the lessons learned with the world. Pennell, a Chesterfield County resident and a freshman at Matoaca High School, will miss her first day of school this year. She’ll be in Las Vegas, appearing on the 44th annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon.

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Matoaca High School is an American secondary school in the Matoaca community of unincorporated Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. This is the newer campus of the school, the old school campus was converted into a middle school, currently Matoaca Middle School. The school's mascot is the Warrior. Matoaca is well known for its sports and its technology specialty center.
This school has a technology specialty program for students to learn about the IT industry, teaching classes such as Oracle I and II, Cisco, and IT1 and 2 (Prep classes for Network+ and A+ certifications). Matoaca was also the only school in Chesterfield County that distributed laptop computers for their student's use.
History and tradition
Alma Mater
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
dear old red and white.
Honoring you with our spirit,
standing in your might.
Through the years we'll cherish you
as we have in the past.
ALMA MATER praise be nigh,
our dear Matoaca High.
Specialty Center
Matoaca High School specializes in technology. At the school, students enrolled in the Technology Center will be able to have Dell laptops and use them in their classes. Now students, namely freshmen, will not receive laptops unless they are in the specialty center.
Laptop Program
Matoaca's program for giving students laptops ended after the class of 2006 left the school. Students enrolled in the school during the 2006 school year were able to continue using their laptops until the end of their senior years.
The program was ended after the significant growth in the school's student population and the cost became too high. In addition, money was instead used for transportation in Chesterfield County, which was seen as a higher priority at the time of the program's termination. The Dell laptops were destroyed instead of being auctioned off to a charity or sold.
Athletics
Matoaca offers many sports including wrestling, tennis, track, baseball, football, golf, basketball, cheer leading, volleyball, cross country, soccer and field hockey.
Notable alumni
Roger D. Pierce - U.S. Ambassador to The Republic of Cape Verde [1]
James Farrior - National Football League player for the Pittsburgh Steelers[2]
Matt Farrior - National Football League player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
"Matoaca grad new envoy to Cape Verde" By Julian Walker. Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 28, 2005.
"The Great Divide: Area schools cope with low budgets and high expectations" By Malcolm J. Venable. Richmond.com. May 9, 2000
"Former Chesterfield County Student - Athletes in 2005 NFL Pro Bowl". Department of Public Affairs for Chesterfield County. February 24, 2005
optimistic article on Matoaca's surveillance cameras Tomahawk Times. January 17, 2006

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