SOL, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Passing.English: Reading
76.0%
State avg 74.2%
District avg 78.9%
County avg 79.0%
-3.0pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
84.0%
State avg 72.7%
District avg 78.4%
County avg 78.5%
+0.0pp since 2022-23
Science
71.0%
State avg 71.4%
District avg 74.8%
County avg 75.0%
-13.0pp since 2022-23
History & Social Sciences
N/A
State avg 66.8%
District avg 45.0%
County avg 45.0%
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 84 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 71 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74, 73, and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady and science scores are down about 13 points.
Rank: Gunston Elementary places #364 of 1,101 Virginia elementary schools, and #65 of 136 in Fairfax County for state test proficiency.
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 76.0% mean for English: Reading at Gunston Elementary?
It means about 76.0 percent of students tested at Gunston 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.
