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Test scores

SOL, SY 2023-24

All grades, all students. % Passing.
English: Reading
17.0%
State avg 73.2%
District avg 25.8%
County avg 73.3%
-3.0pp since 2022-23
Mathematics
0.0%
State avg 71.2%
District avg 18.5%
County avg 70.6%
+0.0pp since 2022-23
Science
N/A
State avg 68.7%
District avg 18.9%
County avg 75.7%
History & Social Sciences
N/A
State avg 65.5%
District avg 27.0%
County avg 58.6%

BeatsExpectations

Not computed for this school
BeatsExpectations is not computed for specialized-population schools (schools for the deaf or blind, therapeutic and behavioral-health placements, juvenile-justice and alternative-education settings, and similar). State ELA/Math proficiency rates are not a comparable metric for these populations, so a demographically-adjusted residual against general-enrollment peers would be misleading. About the methodology →

2-year history

All grades, all students. Virginia   Virginia avg

English: Reading

73202022-2373172023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-2417.0%25.8%73.3%73.2%
SY 2022-2320.0%41.3%73.0%72.8%

Mathematics

6902022-237102023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-240.0%18.5%70.6%71.2%
SY 2022-230.0%36.8%66.8%69.3%

Science

6702022-23
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-24N/A18.9%75.7%68.7%
SY 2022-230.0%21.0%70.6%66.8%

History & Social Sciences

6602022-23
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2023-24N/A27.0%58.6%65.5%
SY 2022-230.0%0.0%56.0%65.6%

How to read these scores

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 17.0% mean for English: Reading at Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Elementary?
It means about 17.0 percent of students tested at Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Elementary performed at grade level or above on the SOL English: Reading test in 2023-24. The statewide average for Virginia that year was 73.2%. 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.

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