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Virginia’s elementary and secondary schools offer a wealth of opportunity and diverse learning experiences for students. Well over one million students are enrolled in Virginia’s 2,000 public elementary, middle, and high schools, and centers of learning. Public high schools in Virginia graduate about 82,000 students annually. Nearly 80 percent of these graduates will continue to a two- or four-year degree program or have other continuing education plans.
- In May 2008, nine Virginia high schools were cited
by The Washington Post as being among the 100 best public schools
in the country, tying for fourth in the nation with number of schools recognized
in the top 100.
- The most recent rankings of Expansion Management
Magazine's Education
Quotient listed six school districts in Virginia as Gold Medal
Districts and seven as Blue Medal Districts.
- In 2008 the number of Virginia public school students taking the Advanced Placement (AP) exam continued to increase by another 18 percent over the previous year and Virginia’s 11th and 12th graders at both, public and private institutions, are taking the fifth most AP exams in the nation.
- Virginia has the third-most schools with International Baccalaureate programs in the United States, and in 2008, the Commonwealth had the third highest number of exams taken and diplomas awarded in the nation.
- Private Schooling: the Commonwealth offers a wide-variety of school options at over 290 accredited institutions.
- With six military schools in the Commonwealth, Virginia has the largest concentration of military schools in the nation.
- Over 590,000 middle school, high school, and adult students are enrolled in one or more Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses and programs in Virginia.
- Newsweek’s 2008
Top U.S. High Schools List cites 86 Virginia high-schools among the
best in the nation.
For additional information on Virginia’s Elementary
and Secondary Education, please visit the Virginia
Department of Education.
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