| System Demographics: | |
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| The Lee County School System serves approximately 3,440 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The fourteen schools include: nine elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and a career-technical school. |
Students: 3440 Grades: Pre K-12 Population: 23,787 Schools:14 |
Where is Lee County?
For those of you who have no idea where Lee County is located geographically, we are situated at the extreme western end of Virginia, sandwiched between Kentucky on our north and west, and Tennessee to our south. Scott and Wise counties in Virginia border us on the east. We are easily accessed by US 58 and US 58(A) which run the length of the county. Our landscape ranges from craggy mountains with narrow, winding roads, to rolling hills with four-lane highways ribboning them.
Student achievement is our focus.
Our educational curriculum is based on the Virginia Standards of Learning and requires students to complete a rigorous, challenging and comprehensive course of studies. Student Standards of Learning (SOL) assessment takes place in the third through eighth grades, as well as end-of-course testing at the high school level. The Commonwealth of Virginia has one of the most stringent levels of student assessment in the nation. It is our vision to raise the benchmarks for achievement each year, thereby improving the quality of our educational system.
Higher learning opportunities make us unique.
Strong community partners with the Lee County Schools are The University of Virginia's College at Wise in Wise, Virginia, and Mountain Empire Community College in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. A comprehensive Tech Prep program, coordinated from the community college, offers dual-credit courses to high school students in electricity, business, computer programs, CAD drafting, LPN/RN nursing programs, and welding. Students may earn as many as ten credits at the high school level that will transfer into the respective college programs. The Tech Prep program supports the educational system with mentoring, internship, and apprenticeship programs. Lee County Career-Technical School offers curriculum that will certify students on a national level.