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Virginia schools ranked by test score

Latest SOL year (2024-25). 318 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 71.5%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
301Heritage High
Newport News · Newport News City Public Schools
High55.0%-16.5pp
302Hopewell High
Hopewell · Hopewell City Public Schools
High54.0%-17.5pp
303Waynesboro High
Waynesboro · Waynesboro City Public Schools
High54.0%-17.5pp
304Brunswick High
Lawrenceville · Brunswick County Public Schools
High53.0%-18.5pp
305Armstrong High
Richmond · Richmond City Public Schools
High52.0%-19.5pp
306Alleghany High
Covington · Alleghany Highlands Public Schools
High51.0%-20.5pp
307Charles City County High
Charles City · Charles City County Public Schools
High51.0%-20.5pp
308Twin Valley High
Pilgrim Knob · Buchanan County Public Schools
High51.0%-20.5pp
309Alexandria City High
Alexandria · Alexandria City Public Schools
High50.0%-21.5pp
310Unity Reed High
Manassas · Prince William County Public Schools
High50.0%-21.5pp
311Osbourn High
Manassas · Manassas City Public Schools
High48.0%-23.5pp
312W.O. Robey High
Sterling · Loudoun County Public Schools
High48.0%-23.5pp
313Southampton High
Courtland · Southampton County Public Schools
High44.0%-27.5pp
314Virginia Connections Academy
Gate City · Scott County Public Schools
High44.0%-27.5pp
315Franklin High
Franklin · Franklin City Public Schools
High39.0%-32.5pp
316Arlington Community High
Arlington · Arlington County Public Schools
High33.0%-38.5pp
317Richmond High School for the Arts
Richmond · Richmond City Public Schools
High29.0%-42.5pp
318R.I.S.E Academy at the John M. Langston Campus
Danville · Danville City Public Schools
High18.0%-53.5pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the SOL % Passing threshold on the latest available SOL Science test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Virginia, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.