Shenandoah County Public Schools is the operating public school system within Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is governed by a Board of Education.[1] The district operates 10 school sites, including 3 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and a career and technical education center.[2] Dr. Melody Sheppard serves as the superintendent.[3] Administrative offices are located in Woodstock.
As of 2023, the school district has an enrollment of 5,693 students.[2]
History
In September 1870, Capt. John H. Grabill was appointed as the first superintendent of schools for Shenandoah County under the provisions for the new public school system in Virginia. The first meeting of the Board of Education was held on April 8, 1871.[4] In the early years of the district, it had over 114 schools, the majority of which were county one-room schools.[5]
The Virginia Teachers League (now represented by the Virginia Education Association) was originally established in Mount Jackson in Shenandoah County in 1898.[4]
Schools
High schools
Central High School
Stonewall Jackson High School (formerly Mountain View High School, 2020–2024)
Strasburg High School
Middle schools
North Fork Middle School
Peter Muhlenberg Middle School
Signal Knob Middle School
Elementary schools
Ashby Lee Elementary School (formerly Honey Run Elementary School, 2020–2024)
Sandy Hook Elementary School
W.W. Robinson Elementary School
Other
Massanutten Regional Governor's School for Environmental Science and Technology
^Winston, Charles Henry; Smith, Richard M.; Powell, D. Lee; Strother, John Meredith; Harris, H. H.; McGuire, John Patrick; Massie, Rodes; Fox, William Fayette; Estill, Harry Fishburne (1887). The Educational Journal of Virginia. Educational Publishing House.
