| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| School Type |
Magnet School |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Roanoke County, VA |
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| Total Students |
626 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
50% /
50% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
54 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 184 students | | Grade 10 - 168 students | | Grade 11 - 143 students | | Grade 12 - 131 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:12 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
n/a |
3% |
| % Hispanic |
n/a |
5% |
| % Black |
2% |
27% |
| % White |
97% |
63% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
3% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
8% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
5% |
5% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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(VA) Statewide Testing Performance |
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| School District Name |
Roanoke County Public s School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
29 |
8 |
| Number of Students Managed |
14,830 students |
3,743 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$137,134,000 |
$37,199,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$134,689,000 |
$37,511,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,247 |
$9,938 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,082 |
$10,022 |
| District Graduation Rates |
93% |
88% |
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- Glenvar High School is a public high school in Roanoke County, Virginia. It is one of the five high schools for the Roanoke County public school system. Glenvar High School serves the western end of Roanoke County and is located in the community of Glenvar, which is immediately west of Salem, Virginia.
- History
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Glenvar High School was opened in 1966 by Roanoke County public schools. Most, if not all, of the student body would previously have attended Andrew Lewis High School in Salem. However, Andrew Lewis was replaced by the much larger Salem High School for the 1977-1978 school year. The student bodies of Glenvar and Andrew Lewis were consolidated into Salem. The former high schools became junior high schools.
- In 1983, the city of Salem decided to establish an independent school district. Beginning with the 1982-1983 school year, enrollment in Salem High School was limited to the city of Salem. Glenvar High School was reopened to serve western Roanoke County. The school housed grades 7 through 12 until a new building was constructed for Glenvar Middle School in 1996.
- Academics
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Glenvar High School is a comprehensive high school which includes grades 9-12 with a student enrollment of 650. The school offers courses in multiple academic disciplines including Advanced Placement courses. Specialized vocational education is available at the Arnold R. Burton Technology Center in Salem. Pass rates for Virginia's Standards of Learning tests average over 90%, which makes the school fully accredited.
- Athletics and Extracurriculars
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Glenvar High School is a member of the Virginia High School League and competes in the A Three Rivers District. Glenvar competed in Group AA (called Group IB before 1971) when it was opened but dropped down to Group A shortly after it reopened. Glenvar has enjoyed success in athletics through its history. Glenvar captured Group AA state championships in men's basketball, men's outdoor track, and wrestling. Glenvar has won Group A state championships in baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, golf, women's softball, wrestling, volleyball, and men's tennis. Glenvar won the Wachovia Cup, the VHSL's award for overall athletic excellence, in Group A for the 1993-1994 school year.
- Coach Richard "Dickie" Myers, an icon at Glenvar High, spent over thirty years coaching wrestling, cross country, and track. Being one of the few teachers at Glenvar to hold a PhD in a science, Myers also gave himself to the academics at Glenvar, teaching Earth Science to mainly ninth grade students. Coach Myers was the wrestling head coach for the 1971 and 1972 state championship teams and coached many individual state champions in wrestling and track. Jamie Soltis, current vice principal of Glenvar High School, was one of Myers' products in wrestling and track. Soltis won two state titles in wrestling at 103 and 112 pounds. Soltis also won state championships in track and cross country under the coaching of Myers. Myers coached many great track athletes to include Kelly Clark and Trish Nervo. Myers was later assisted in his track coaching career by Russ Galbreath. Coach Myers retired from Glenvar High School in the spring of 2009.
- External links
- Glenvar High School
- Great Schools site
- Virginia Department of Education Report Card
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (24153) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
35,592 people |
6,688,554 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
26% |
26% |
| Population Average Age |
41 years old
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35 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.4 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$40,477
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$50,018 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.8 rooms |
5.9 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
41 years old |
34 years old |
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Zipcode (24153)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
73% / 27% |
66% / 34% |
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