WASHINGTON — A school-by-school breakdown of Virginia’s standardized test results shows some schools consistently at the top for pass rates in multiple subjects, and others with more variation.
The statewide data released earlier in the week show overall pass rates ticked up slightly in a few of the subject areas, but results varied in different parts of Northern Virginia.
Additional results show that at several schools, all students who took a test passed at advanced levels, including Loudoun County’s Buffalo Trail Elementary School and Prince William County’s Alvey and Sudley elementary schools on fifth-grade history tests.
In math courses, students who took classes that were advanced for their grade appear to have passed at advanced levels, based on the scores on tests beyond what an elementary or middle school would offer to on-grade level students.
The highest percentage of advanced scores on an end-of-course high school test was at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County. Ninety-six percent of students at the magnet school scored at the advanced level on the end-of-course writing exam.
On the end-of-course reading test, the highest percentage of students with advanced scores also was at Thomas Jefferson, but at just 48 percent, while 43 percent passed with advanced scores at the Kilmer Center, 41 percent at Langley and Oakton high schools, 34 percent at West Springfield High School and 22 percent at McLean High School.
All told, of the top 17 schools for percentage of advanced scores on the end of course high school reading test, 12 are in Fairfax County. The highest ratio of advanced scores in any other school in Northern Virginia was 16 percent, at Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School
Several alternative schools had few or no advanced scores: Prince William County’s Freedom High School (2 percent), Manassas Park High School (3 percent), and Osbourn High School in Manassas (3 percent) had among the lowest percentage of advanced scores on end-of-course reading tests.
Students who pass end-of-course tests get credits toward graduation that are required to earn the highest level of diploma from a Virginia high school.
Looking simply at the overall pass rates, a number of Northern Virginia schools scored 100 percent on SOLs in history and social sciences this year — nearly twice the pass rates of the region’s lowest-performing schools.
| All Students, History and Social Sciences NoVa 100 percent pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Arlington County | McKinley Elementary | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Forestville Elementary | 96 | 100 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Great Falls Elementary | 99 | 99 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Hunt Valley Elementary | 93 | 96 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Lemon Road Elementary | 97 | 95 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Navy Elementary | 98 | 98 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Spring Hill Elementary | 98 | 98 | 100 |
| Loudoun County | Banneker Elementary | 89 | 90 | 100 |
| Loudoun County | Lincoln Elementary | 98 | 96 | 100 |
| Loudoun County | Middleburg Community Charter | 67 | 100 | |
| Loudoun County | Sycolin Creek Elementary | 92 | 96 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| All Students, History and Social Sciences lowest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Bryant Alternative High | 85 | 89 | 61 |
| Spotsylvania County | Riverview Elementary | 64 | 82 | 61 |
| Prince William County | Neabsco Elementary | 80 | 89 | 60 |
| Arlington County | Arlington Community High | 71 | 67 | 59 |
| Alexandria City | Jefferson-Houston Elementary | 51 | 51 | 58 |
| Alexandria City | William Ramsay Elementary | 57 | 76 | 56 |
| Fairfax County | Saratoga Elementary | 71 | 68 | 53 |
| Fairfax County | Mount Vernon Woods Elementary | 73 | 65 | 52 |
| Fairfax County | Herndon Elementary | 63 | 54 | 51 |
In math, several local elementary and middle schools came close to Thomas Jefferson’s 100 percent pass rates.
William Ramsay Elementary, in Alexandria, showed continued improvement in math test scores, but remained at the bottom among local schools.
| All Students, Math highest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Wolftrap Elementary | 93 | 95 | 99 |
| Fairfax County | Floris Elementary | 96 | 96 | 98 |
| Arlington County | Arlington Traditional | 96 | 97 | 97 |
| Arlington County | Jamestown Elementary | 93 | 95 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Forestville Elementary | 92 | 96 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Cooper Middle | 92 | 94 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Longfellow Middle | 94 | 96 | 97 |
| All Students, Math lowest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Herndon Elementary | 56 | 59 | 61 |
| Fairfax County | Woodley Hills Elementary | 53 | 66 | 61 |
| Prince William County | Stuart M. Beville Middle | 69 | 71 | 61 |
| Fairfax County | Mount Vernon Woods Elementary | 54 | 57 | 60 |
| Alexandria City | John Adams Elementary | 65 | 69 | 59 |
| Alexandria City | T.C. Williams High | 60 | 66 | 59 |
| Fairfax County | Graham Road Elementary | 61 | 65 | 58 |
| Fairfax County | Saratoga Elementary | 56 | 65 | 58 |
| Alexandria City | William Ramsay Elementary | 46 | 52 | 53 |
| Fairfax County | Bryant Alternative High | 79 | 61 | 43 |
| Fairfax County | Fairfax County Adult High | 73 | 82 | 42 |
On science exams, Aldie and Emerick elementary schools, in Loudoun County, joined Thomas Jefferson with 100 percent pass rates.
Graham Road Elementary, in Fairfax County; William Ramsay, in Alexandria; and Belmont, in Prince William, had the lowest pass rates in the region.
| All Students, Science highest NoVa pass rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate | |
| Loudoun County | Aldie Elementary | 90 | 94 | 100 | |
| Loudoun County | Emerick Elementary | 94 | 95 | 100 | |
| Fairfax County | Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| Fairfax County | Silverbrook Elementary | 89 | 86 | 98 | |
| Fairfax County | Wolftrap Elementary | 94 | 95 | 98 |
| All Students, Science lowest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Braddock Elementary | 58 | 48 | 54 |
| Fairfax County | Dogwood Elementary | 63 | 60 | 53 |
| Fairfax County | Mount Vernon Woods Elementary | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Fairfax County | Bryant Alternative High | 75 | 83 | 50 |
| Fairfax County | Fairfax County Adult High | 69 | 35 | 50 |
| Alexandria City | Cora Kelly Magnet Elementary | 63 | 67 | 46 |
| Prince William County | Belmont Elementary | 71 | 57 | 43 |
| Alexandria City | William Ramsay Elementary | 33 | 61 | 42 |
| Fairfax County | Graham Road Elementary | 55 | 64 | 28 |
On reading and writing SOLs, other schools that appear at the top of the table include Arlington Traditional, Great Falls and Spring Hill elementary schools; Kettle Run High School, in Fauquier County; and Pennington School, in Prince William County.
| All Students, English: Reading highest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Arlington County | Arlington Traditional | 96 | 98 | 98 |
| Arlington County | McKinley Elementary | 91 | 96 | 98 |
| Fairfax County | Great Falls Elementary | 95 | 96 | 98 |
| Fairfax County | Spring Hill Elementary | 95 | 98 | 98 |
| Fairfax County | Langley High | 99 | 97 | 98 |
| Fairfax County | McLean High | 97 | 96 | 98 |
| Fairfax County | Woodson High | 97 | 97 | 98 |
| Arlington County | Jamestown Elementary | 91 | 93 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Wolftrap Elementary | 93 | 96 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Madison High | 98 | 96 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | West Springfield High | 97 | 98 | 97 |
| All Students, English: Reading lowest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Alexandria City | Jefferson-Houston Elementary | 45 | 57 | 60 |
| Fairfax County | Parklawn Elementary | 55 | 67 | 60 |
| Prince William County | Belmont Elementary | 46 | 50 | 60 |
| Prince William County | Suella G. Ellis Elementary | 61 | 74 | 60 |
| Alexandria City | William Ramsay Elementary | 48 | 64 | 59 |
| Fairfax County | Mount Vernon Woods Elementary | 52 | 64 | 58 |
| Fairfax County | Graham Road Elementary | 57 | 60 | 54 |
| Fairfax County | Fairfax County Adult High | 62 | 100 | 45 |
| All Students, English: Writing highest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Fairfax County | Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Fairfax County | Langley High | 98 | 97 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | McLean High | 96 | 96 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | West Springfield High | 96 | 96 | 97 |
| Fairfax County | Marshall High | 95 | 96 | 96 |
| Fairfax County | Woodson High | 97 | 96 | 96 |
| Prince William County | Pennington School | 90 | 97 | 95 |
| Fauquier County | Kettle Run High | 91 | 90 | 95 |
| Fairfax County | Cooper Middle | 90 | 87 | 95 |
| Fairfax County | Longfellow Middle | 94 | 95 | 95 |
| All Students, English: Writing lowest NoVa pass rates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/County | School | 2013-14 Pass Rate | 2014-15 Pass Rate | 2015-16 Pass Rate |
| Manassas City | Grace E. Metz Middle | 59 | 63 | 61 |
| Prince William County | Stonewall Middle | 68 | 78 | 61 |
| Orange County | Prospect Heights Middle | 62 | 70 | 59 |
| Prince William County | Potomac Middle | 70 | 68 | 59 |
| Fairfax County | Bryant Alternative High | 78 | 83 | 58 |
| Fairfax County | Poe Middle | 63 | 59 | 54 |
| Prince William County | Fred M. Lynn Middle | 47 | 54 | 52 |
| Alexandria City | Jefferson-Houston Elementary | 31 | 28 | 40 |
| Fairfax County | Fairfax County Adult High | 73 | 81 | 30 |
