SOL, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Passing.English: Reading
60.0%
State avg 74.2%
District avg 71.9%
County avg 71.9%
-1.0pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
57.0%
State avg 72.7%
District avg 73.7%
County avg 73.7%
-1.0pp since 2022-23
Science
52.0%
State avg 71.4%
District avg 68.2%
County avg 68.2%
+1.0pp since 2022-23
History & Social Sciences
47.0%
State avg 66.8%
District avg 61.1%
County avg 61.1%
-12.0pp since 2022-23
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 57 of 100 do math at grade level, about 52 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 47 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74, 73, 71, and 67. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points, science scores are up about 1 points, and social studies scores are down about 12 points.
What is SOL?
Virginia public-school students take Standards of Learning (SOL) tests each spring in Reading, Math, Science, and History/Social Sciences (grades 3-8 + high-school End-of-Course exams). SOL uses 4 performance levels — students at Pass Proficient or Pass Advanced are counted as passing.
What does "% Passing" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "Pass Proficient" or "Pass Advanced" on the SOL — the top 2 of 4 performance levels (Fail Below Basic, Fail Basic, Pass Proficient, Pass Advanced). Passing means the student demonstrated grade-level mastery. A higher number is better.
What does 60.0% mean for English: Reading at Elephant's Fork Elementary?
It means about 60.0 percent of students tested at Elephant's Fork Elementary performed at grade level or above on the SOL English: Reading test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Virginia that year was 74.2%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Virginia, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments. School-level Pass Rate by subject from the VDOE School Subject-Area report. Headline metric is the cumulative "Pass" rate (Pass Proficient + Pass Advanced, top 2 of 4 SOL performance levels).
How often is it updated?
SOL is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.
