Mt. Torry Furnace · Photo: Philip N. Wheeler · CC BY-SA 3.0Sherando’s public schools
Augusta County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sherando. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 103% of students in Virginia’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Sherando’s schools, in brief
School by school
8 of Sherando’s 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s 1,758 public schools. Buffalo Gap High places highest (better than 89%); Craigsville Elementary lowest (10%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Nine elementary schools serve Sherando, graded from D to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and five high schools: Wilson Memorial High, Fort Defiance High, Stuarts Draft High, Riverheads High and Buffalo Gap High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sherando, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Augusta County Public Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
How students score
Sherando vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Virginia towns that share Sherando’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Sherando | — | Augusta County |
Every school in Sherando
19 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Virginia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Sherando’s schools
Are Sherando’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Sherando. Augusta County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sherando. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 8 of its 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Sherando in?
Augusta County Public Schools.
Where do Sherando kids go to high school?
One of five high schools, depending on your address: Wilson Memorial High, Fort Defiance High, Stuarts Draft High, Riverheads High and Buffalo Gap High.
Parents talk
What Sherando families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Sherando → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.