James River High School

I would recommend James River to anyone.

I love this school! JRHS has the highest number of AP courses offered of ANY county school. Additionally they give the second highest number of AP tests and students consistently score above both the state, national and county averages across the board. Their leadership center is top notch and student community service is supported and encouraged. My son has friends who have been accepted into Ivy League schools from JRHS and we are proud to say that we are a Rapid family! I am so disgusted that Great Schools continues to fail to have accurate information. This site shows an Alg. 1 pass rate of 58% when last year the pass rate was 77%. I am floored that this "non-profit" seems to have such a powerful effect on parent and homebuyer decisions when it fails to keep up with the latest information. The site seems to simply be a modern day version of redlining; maligning excellent schools with false and inaccurate data. So sad.

All out kids went through JRHS and I always found them more than willing to help whenever an issue arose. Good parental involvement, nice teachers and administrators. This rating seems really low for a school that has great after school activities like crew, sports and theatre. We love BonAir and the diversity within the community. Perhaps grades are reflecting our inclusion of many non English speakers, who enhance the community but may unfortunately not test well? I don't know what to say, lots of kids and families love JRHS!

Great community! I'm not sure where this rating comes from, it's doesn't seem to reflect what I know about James river high school.