School Colors & Mascot
- Kelly Green and White/the Green Dragon
Overview
- Public high school for high-ability students (756 in FY21).
- Pupil/teacher ratio is 13:1.
- Regional school serving 12 school districts and families in the Richmond, Virginia region.
- Ranked #8 of 19,314 schools in the Best Public High Schools in America for 2020 by Niche.com.
- Ranked #59 by Newsweek of the Top 500 STEM Schools for 2020.
- Highly competitive admissions.
- Exemplary community involvement in PTSA, Foundation, School Advisory Council, and Booster Groups.
Academic Program
- A rigorous academic program prepares students for admission to first-choice colleges and universities.
- Ten international languages offered and students must study at least two.
- Twenty-one Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered (approximately 1,254 assessments administered in 2019-2020 to 465 students with 91% achieving scores of 3 or higher).
- In 2019-2020, 1,039 enrollments in 18 dual enrollment classes earned students 2,700 hours of college credit from Virginia Commonwealth University staff members.
- Each senior completes a Mentorship/Seminar as a capstone course that adds relevance to their learning.
- Community service is valued and 140 hours (minimum) are required for graduation.
- 100% SOL pass rate in every area.
Athletics, Fine Arts, and Extra-Curricular Activities
- Students participate in at least one sport each year: 28 Varsity and Junior Varsity teams are fielded.
- The 2019-20 season marked the end of the switch from 3 divisions to 6 in VHSL with Maggie Walker taking home a state trophy (1st or 2nd) in all 20 seasons in track and field.
- One state championship earned in the school year 2019-2020 – Girls Cross Country with one runner taking 3 State titles during fall and winter. Spring sports were canceled due to COVID.
- One senior earned both the 2020 Lexus of Richmond Leadership Scholarship Award and the 2020 RTD Female Athlete of the Year.
- Fine Arts classes include orchestra, jazz band, chorus, visual arts, drama, film study, and photography and routinely win ‘Scholastic Awards’.
- Battle of the Brains, Chess, Debate, Forensics, Future Problem Solvers, Life Smarts, Model UN/Congress, Robotics, We the People teams routinely compete at the state, national, and international level.
The Class of 2020 with 184 Students
- 3 Presidential Scholar Candidates
- 1 Presidential Scholar Semi-Finalist
- 47 National Merit Commendations
- 11 National Merit Finalists
- 2 National Merit Scholars
- The average GPA was 4.30 (a new record)!
- The average SAT score was 1,411. The average ACT score was 31
- Performed over 33,000 hours of community service
- Scholarship Offers of $11,720,210 (as of June 15th and growing. Offers were underreported due to COVID and students not in attendance)
College enrollment includes but not limited to the following:
| American University |
| Boston College |
| Boston University |
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| Christopher Newport University |
| Clemson University |
| Columbia University |
| Dickinson College |
| Duke University |
| George Mason University |
| Georgetown University |
| Hampton University |
| Harvard University |
| Howard University |
| James Madison University |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Loyola University, Maryland |
| Miami University, Oxford |
| New York University |
| North Carolina State University |
| Northeastern University |
| Old Dominion University |
| Princeton University |
| Radford University |
| Randolph-Macon College |
| St. Olaf College |
| Stanford University |
| Syracuse University |
| Temple University |
| The College of William and Mary |
| The George Washington University |
| The University of Pennsylvania |
| The University of North Carolina |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| United States Naval Academy |
| University of Kentucky |
| University of Miami |
| University of Mary Washington |
| University of Maryland College Park |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Notre Dame |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| University of Richmond |
| University of South Carolina |
| University of Virginia |
| Vanderbilt University |
| Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Washington and Lee University |
| Wellesley College |
| Yale University |
