Additional High-Performing Schools,
School Divisions Earn Title I Recognitions

Thirteen additional public school divisions and 98 additional schools join the list of schools previously announced as being honored for raising the achievement of economically disadvantaged students and for exceeding state accreditation standards and the annual objectives of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). In all, 15 school divisions and 107 Title I schools received awards based on student achievement during 2004-2005.

School divisions earning the designation of “Distinguished Title I School Division” by making what NCLB defines as adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years and exceeding all annual achievement objectives, are as follows:

• Bath County
• Buena Vista
• Charles City County
• Chesterfield County
• Colonial Beach
• Craig County
• Henrico County
• Highland County
• Hopewell
• Lexington
• Prince George
• Richmond County
• West Point

Earlier this month, the Board of Education recognized Scott County as a “Distinguished Title I School Division.” Fairfax County was recognized as a “Highly Distinguished Title I School Division” for exceeding federal benchmarks for achievement in reading and mathematics, and for making progress in closing achievement gaps between student groups.

Each “Title I Distinguished School” will receive a framed certificate and an outdoor banner celebrating its status and achievement. The schools, grouped by division, include:

• Albemarle County – Brownsville Elementary, Paul H. Cale Elementary, Red Hill Elementary, Stone Robinson Elementary, Stony Point Elementary
• Amherst County – Pleasant View Elementary, Temperance Elementary
• Augusta County – Edward G. Clymore Elementary, Wilson Elementary
• Botetourt County – Breckinridge Elementary, Buchanan Elementary, Troutville Elementary
• Buckingham County – Buckingham Elementary
• Charlottesville – Greenbrier Elementary
• Chesterfield County – Bensley Elementary
• Clarke County – Boyce Elementary
• Colonial Heights – North Elementary, Tussing Elementary
• Culpeper County – Farmington Elementary
• Danville – Forest Hills Elementary
• Dinwiddie County – Sunnyside Elementary
• Fairfax County – Belvedere Elementary, Daniels Run Elementary, Mosby Woods Elementary, Providence Elementary
• Falls Church – Thomas Jefferson Elementary
• Fauquier County – H.M. Pearson Elementary
• Franklin County – Lee M. Waid Elementary, Rocky Mount Elementary, Snow Creek Elementary
• Frederick County – Armel Elementary, Middletown Elementary
• Giles County – Narrows Combined
• Gloucester County – Achilles Elementary, Botetourt Elementary, Thomas C. Walker Elementary
• Grayson County – Bridle Creek Elementary
• Halifax County – Wilson Memorial Elementary
• Harrisonburg – Waterman Elementary
• Henrico County – Chamberlayne Elementary, Ridge Elementary
• Henry County – Carver Elementary, Rich Acres Elementary
• Isle of Wight – Carrollton Elementary
• Lancaster County – Lancaster Primary
• Lee County – Elydale Elementary, Rose Hill Elementary, St. Charles Elementary
• Lexington – Harrington Waddell Elementary
• Loudoun County – Ball’s Bluff Elementary, Lucketts Elementary
• Lynchburg – Paul Munro Elementary, Sandusky Elementary
• Manassas Park – Cougar Elementary
• Mecklenburg County – Boydton Elementary, Buckhorn Elementary, South Hill Elementary
• Newport News – George J. McIntosh Elementary, T. Ryland Sanford Elementary
• Page County – Luray Elementary
• Patrick County – Patrick Springs Elementary
• Poquoson – Poquoson Elementary, Poquoson Middle
• Portsmouth – Simonsdale Elementary
• Prince William County – Triangle Elementary
• Richmond – Clarke Springs Elementary, J.E.B. Stuart Elementary,
• Rockbridge County – Effinger Elementary
• Rockingham County – Fulks Run Elementary, Pleasant Valley Elementary, South River Elementary
• Russell County – Lebanon Primary
• Salem – East Salem Elementary, G.W. Carver Elementary
• Scott County – Hilton Elementary, Nickelsville Elementary, Weber City Elementary, Yuma Elementary
• Smyth County – Atkins Elementary
• Spotsylvania County – Brock Road Elementary, Spotswood Elementary
• Stafford County – Anne E. Moncure Elementary, Hartwood Elementary
• Staunton – Thomas C. McSwain Elementary
• Tazewell County – Graham Intermediate
• Virginia Beach – Plaza Elementary, Windsor Oaks Elementary
• Warren County – Hilda J. Barbour Elementary
• Washington County – Greendale Elementary, Watauga Elementary
• West Point – West Point Elementary
• Williamsburg-James City County – Matthew Whaley Elementary, Rawls Byrd Elementary, Stonehouse Elementary
• Winchester – John Kerr Elementary
• Wise County – Powell Valley Primary, St. Paul Elementary
• York County – Tabb Elementary

Previously announced schools that earned Title I honors are as follows:

• Amherst County – Madison Heights Elementary
• Fairfax County – Pine Spring Elementary
• Goochland County – Goochland Elementary
• Hanover County – Beaverdam Elementary
• Lee County – Keokee Elementary
• Lynchburg – Robert S. Payne Elementary
• Prince George County – L.L. Beazley Elementary
• Roanoke County – Clearbrook Elementary
• Scott County – Shoemaker Elementary

The additional school divisions and schools were identified for the recognitions after the Department of Education discovered an error in the program used to compare school and division-level data with the criteria for the awards.

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