Another Way to Crunch the SOL Numbers…

For simplicity’s sake in recent posts about the 2021-22 Standards of Learning (SOL) results, I’ve used the pass rates for English reading tests as a proxy for all five subjects, including English writing, math, science, and history. Perhaps a better way to rate the performance of Virginia school districts would be to compute a composite score of all five. Bacon’s Rebellion correspondent Jim Weigand has done so, and I publish the results here.

The table above shows the 12 school districts with the top composite scores — highest possible pass rate of 500 — and the 12 districts with the lowest composite scores. Click on the “Continue reading” link to see the scores for all school districts.

Five-Subject Pass Rate
2021-22 SOLs
Top 12
Falls Church City 445.0
Lexington City 435.8
Poquoson City 416.7
Wise County 415.2
York County 414.8
Norton City 396.6
Highland County 394.9
Patrick County 394.6
Botetourt County 393.0
Loudoun County 391.9
Washington County 388.7
Tazewell County 388.7
Roanoke County 387.0
Wythe County 386.0
Virginia Beach City 380.4
Fairfax County 380.3
Arlington County 378.9
West Point 377.3
Hanover County 376.0
Pittsylvania County 370.4
Chesapeake City 368.3
Isle of Wight County 366.6
Bland County 363.7
New Kent County 362.1
Augusta County 357.8
Gloucester County 357.6
Williamsburg-James City County 357.6
Grayson County 357.5
Russell County 356.8
Louisa County 356.5
Salem City 356.1
Scott County 356.0
Goochland County 354.0
Montgomery County 352.5
Prince George County 352.2
Clarke County 350.9
Carroll County 349.4
Charlotte County 346.9
Prince William County 346.3
Staunton City 344.2
Rappahannock County 342.5
Dickenson County 341.9
Powhatan County 339.9
Appomattox County 339.8
Fauquier County 339.5
Franklin County 339.0
Bath County 338.2
Bedford County 337.5
Albemarle County 337.0
Surry County 336.1
Fluvanna County 336.0
Rockbridge County 335.9
Mecklenburg County 334.7
King William County 334.3
Floyd County 333.8
Mathews County 333.0
Nelson County 332.7
Giles County 330.1
King George County 329.1
Hampton City 328.2
Sussex County 327.7
Middlesex County 326.8
Radford City 323.4
Chesterfield County 323.4
Frederick County 322.5
Spotsylvania County 322.3
Southampton County 322.3
Henrico County 321.9
Colonial Heights City 321.6
Smyth County 320.1
Campbell County 318.3
Buena Vista City 317.7
Stafford County 317.6
Craig County 317.2
Westmoreland County 316.3
Orange County 315.2
Culpeper County 314.5
Lee County 313.4
Bristol City 311.5
Suffolk City 309.6
Northumberland County 307.8
Dinwiddie County 306.7
Alleghany County 306.5
Accomack County 306.5
Galax City 305.6
Winchester City 305.3
Rockingham County 301.3
Buchanan County 300.7
Pulaski County 299.2
Richmond County 298.4
Lunenburg County 297.3
Henry County 296.8
Amelia County 291.7
Halifax County 291.3
Warren County 290.7
Shenandoah County 290.2
Page County 289.2
Colonial Beach 287.3
Amherst County 287.0
King and Queen County 287.0
Covington City 281.3
Manassas Park City 281.1
Cumberland County 279.5
Caroline County 277.7
Manassas City 275.1
Lynchburg City 274.8
Alexandria City 274.6
Greene County 270.3
Charlottesville City 269.5
Madison County 268.7
Buckingham County 266.3
Nottoway County 263.6
Martinsville City 259.9
Essex County 258.5
Portsmouth City 255.2
Charles City County 252.9
Newport News City 251.6
Norfolk City 251.4
Prince Edward County 248.2
Roanoke City 243.9
Bottom Twelve
Lancaster County 243.9
Harrisonburg City 234.2
Brunswick County 233.1
Waynesboro City 232.6
Northampton County 230.9
Greensville County 221.7
Fredericksburg City 213.5
Hopewell City 202.9
Franklin City 198.0
Danville City 187.5
Richmond City 186.0
Petersburg City 169.4