·         Student Population – 493

·         Grade Levels – 8-12

·         Average Class Size – 17

·         Gifted Population –  6%

·         Special Education Population – 15%

·         Limited English Proficient – 1%

·         Accreditation Status:

§  State – Fully Accredited (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10)

§  SAC– Fully Accredited

·         Percent of Teachers with Masters Degrees – 58%

·         Percent of Teachers Highly Qualified – 82%

·         Percent of Paraprofessional Highly Qualified – 100%

·         Adequate Yearly Progress Status (NCLB) – Make AYP (2008-09, 2009-10)

·         SOL Results

UPDATES

Attendance Rate - 91% (2008-09)

Graduation Rate - 76% (2008-09)

Advance Diplomas - 44% of the graduating class (39 students)

Honor Graduates 17% of the graduating class (15 students)

Dropout Rate 7% (2008-09)

Instructional Highlights

Sussex Central High School student, Sharheem Taylor, was selected as one of six, to represent the state of Virginia at the National High School League Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 16-29, 2009.

Sussex Central High School student, Sharheem Taylor, was selected to represent Region A as a student leadership representative, for the Virginia High School League for the 2009-10 school year.

Sussex Central High School students, Sharheem Taylor and Tyshad Skipper, were selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division as student representatives attending the Minority Law and Research Institute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on June 22-July 2, 2009.

Sussex Central High School students, Pantina Artis and Erica Goines, were selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division by DuPont Industries to attend the VSU/DuPont National Science Foundation Prep Summer Program at Virginia State University, on June 14-July 9, 2009.

Sussex Central High School student, Quanneshia Meade, was selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division by the Virginia Department of Transportation to attend the VSU Summer Transportation Institute Program at Virginia State University, on June 14-July 9, 2009.

Sussex Central High School student, David Shaw, was selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division by the U.S. Army Research Bureau as a student representative attending the U.S. Army's Research Engineering Apprenticeship Program at Norfolk State University, for the month of August.

Sussex Central High School students, David Shaw and Dominique Richardson, were selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division as student representatives to participate in the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars program at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Sussex Central High School student, Pantina Artis was selected to represent Sussex County Public School Division as a student participant in the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Virginia Seminar at the University of Richmond, on May 29 and 30, 2009.

Sussex Central High School had 20 students to attend the Virginia High School League's Student Leadership Virginia Conference in Newport News, Virginia in November 2009.

Sussex Central High School senior, Dajaynae Williams, was selected to receive the U.S.D.A. Cooperative Internship at Virginia State University for four years totaling $140,000.00.

Sussex Central High School 2009 graduating senior class was awarded close to $500,000.00 (one half million dollars) in scholarships and other monetary awards.

Sussex Central High School's J.R.O.T.C. program received recognition from the U.S. Army and the Sussex County Public School Board for scoring exceptionally high marks for the last two years during its annual program inspection.

Sussex Central High School's Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A.) program received 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, place recognitions at the Regional F.B.L.A. Conference at Virginia State University on March 12, 2009.

Sussex Central High School's Family Career and Community Leaders of America (F.C.C.L.A.) received 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, place recognitions at the regional F.C.C.L.A. Competition at the Virginia State Fair and at the Life Skills competition (Life Smarts) held at Virginia Commonwealth University in October 2008.

Sussex Central High School's Family Career and Community Leaders of America (F.C.C.L.A.) class is the first and only high school in the state of Virginia to train and certify students to be first responders in emergency situations such as natural disasters, terrorist events, or situations that would require first aide assistance. Over 80 high school students have been certified by the county's Safety Coordinator through the C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) program.