School Accreditation Ratings
School Quality Indicators
The Virginia Board of Education’s revised accreditation system measures performance on multiple school quality indicators and encourages continuous improvement for all schools.
State Summary
The following tables summarize how Virginia schools performed on each applicable school quality indicator.
Performance on each school quality indicator is rated at one of the following levels:
- Level One: Meets or exceeds state standard or sufficient improvement
- Level Two: Near state standard or sufficient improvement
- Level Three: Below state standard
- Too Small: Too few students in school or group to evaluate
Indicator | Schools at Level One | Schools at Level Two | Schools at Level Three | Too Small |
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English | 1,689 | 81 | 49 | 0 |
Mathematics | 1,769 | 23 | 27 | 0 |
Science | 1,649 | 51 | 60 | 0 |
Indicator | Schools at Level One | Schools at Level Two | Schools at Level Three | Too Small |
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English | 975 | 719 | 125 | 0 |
Mathematics | 1,406 | 352 | 61 | 0 |
Indicator | Schools at Level One | Schools at Level Two | Schools at Level Three | Too Small |
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Chronic Absenteeism | 1,663 | 133 | 23 | 0 |
Dropout Rate | 256 | 43 | 31 | 0 |
Graduation & Completion Index | 302 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
Required Actions
All schools must develop a multi-year plan for continuous improvement on all school quality indicators. Specific local and state actions and interventions are required for schools based on performance on indicators as follows:
- Level One: School and division continue to monitor the indicator and the school's multi-year plan for continuous improvement.
- Level Two: School and division implement essential actions and research-based strategies to improve performance to Level One. If at Level Two for overall performance in English, mathematics or science, school must also undergo an academic review conducted by VDOE or under its guidance.
- Level Three: School undergoes a review conducted by VDOE or under its guidance. School and school division – in consultation with VDOE – develop and implement a corrective action plan as a component of the school's comprehensive, unified, long-range plan.
Memorandum of Understanding
School divisions that do not demonstrate evidence of progress in adopting or implementing corrective action plans for one or more schools with indicators at Level Three will be required to enter into a memorandum of understanding between the local school board and the state Board of Education defining responsibilities and essential actions to improve performance.
Performance of Student Groups
Schools are rated on school quality indicators for achievement gaps in English and mathematics as follows:
- Level One: No more than one student group performing at Level Two and no student group performing at Level Three
- Level Two: Two or more student groups performing at Level Two and no more than one student group performing at Level Three
- Level Three: Two or more student groups performing at Level Three
- Too Small: Too few students in school or group to evaluate
Student Group | Schools at Level One | Schools at Level Two | Schools at Level Three | Too Small |
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Asian | 1,463 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Black | 1,229 | 344 | 125 | 0 |
Economically Disadvantaged | 1,420 | 312 | 83 | 0 |
English Learners | 1,550 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Hispanic | 1,668 | 68 | 4 | 0 |
Students With Disabilities | 662 | 404 | 733 | 0 |
White | 1,772 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
Student Group | Schools at Level One | Schools at Level Two | Schools at Level Three | Too Small |
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Asian | 1,493 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Black | 1,576 | 81 | 63 | 0 |
Economically Disadvantaged | 1,723 | 48 | 43 | 0 |
English Learners | 1,583 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Hispanic | 1,723 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Students With Disabilities | 1,212 | 211 | 377 | 0 |
White | 1,787 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
School Accreditation Ratings
Schools earn one of the following three accreditation ratings based on performance on school quality indicators:
- Accredited: Schools with all school quality indicators at either Level One or Level Two. In addition, high-performing schools with waivers from annual accreditation authorized by the General Assembly are rated as Accredited.
- Accredited with Conditions: Schools with one or more school quality indicators at Level Three
- Accreditation Denied: Schools that fail to adopt or fully implement required corrective actions to address Level Three school-quality indicators.
Accreditation Rating | Number of Schools | Percentage of Schools |
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Accredited | 1,682 | 92% |
Accredited Pending Review of Alternative Plan | 5 | <1% |
Accredited With Conditions | 132 | 7% |
New School | 6 | <1% |
Total | 1,825 | 100% |
School Accreditation Reports
The Excel files below provide accreditation ratings and related data for individual schools. Schools are grouped by school division.