Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. It is now located at the former Northwood Elementary School, in the town of Pulaski. Until the 2006-2007 school year the Southwest Virginia Governor's School was located on the campus. The school also features an on-site Career and Technical Education Center, which offers a number of vocational courses in the fields of: agriculture, business, marketing, early childhood education, fashion, nutrition and wellness, culinary arts, nursing, construction and building trades, computer aided design, auto repair, cosmetology, electricity, video production, and welding. Pulaski County High School offers 9 Advanced Placement courses: English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Art History, Studio Art, Calculus, Environmental Science, U.S. schedule, which includes four class blocks and three lunch blocks scheduled throughout the day. Pulaski County High School operates on an 8:30 a.m. The school has 98.67 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.4.
As of the 2011-2012 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,420 students. Pulaski County High School is a comprehensive high school which includes grades 9th through 12th and is part of the Pulaski County Public School Division. The High School is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its foundation in 2020-21.This section needs expansion. In 2020 The Sunday Times ranked The High School as the top co-educational Protestant school in Ireland. In 2019, it recorded a 111% progression rate to third level education making it once again the highest-ranking Protestant school in Ireland. The High School was subsequently ranked among the top performing fee-paying schools in Ireland by the Sunday Independent making it the leading school in its sector in 20, respectively. In 2017 The Sunday Times ranked The High School as one of the top 5 mixed fee-paying schools in Ireland in the same year The Irish Times ranked The High School as one of the top 3 mixed feeder schools in Ireland making it the leading Protestant school in the country. It was ranked among the top performing fee-paying schools in Ireland by the Sunday Independent making it the leading school in its sector in 2016. The High School recorded a 100% and 110% progression rate to third level education in 20, respectively. It was placed 4th in the ranking for mixed feeder schools and 2nd for entry to Trinity College, Dublin making it the leading Protestant school in Ireland in 2015. The school recorded an average progression rate of over 100% to third level education in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The High School was ranked by The Irish Times as the best-performing school in south Dublin following 103% entry to third level education in 2012.
It also welcomes applications from those of other Christian denominations, those of other faiths, and those of none.
Its primary purpose is to provide a first-class education for girls and boys from Church of Ireland families and other Protestant denominations.
The High School draws on a well-established heritage as one of the leading schools in Ireland to promote and support a vision of excellence in academic, pastoral, and extra-curricular education for all pupils entrusted to our care. The High School is a vibrant, dynamic, and highly successful Church of Ireland co-educational secondary day school consisting of over 750 pupils.