By Nancy Lindsey
Patrick County is one of 53 school divisions in Virginia in which all schools are fully accredited, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
The county’s seven public schools are among 81% of schools in the commonwealth that are fully accredited.
“More than eight out of 10 Virginia public schools are now fully accredited as the result of improved performance of students on Standards of Learning (SOL) tests and 2016 legislation providing multi-year accreditation for schools that have consistently met the commonwealth’s accountability standards,” the VDOE news release stated.
“Eighty-one percent, or 1,482, of Virginia’s 1,825 public schools are rated as fully accredited for 2016-2017, a three-point improvement over 2015-2016, when 78% of schools earned the state’s top accountability rating,” the release said.
“I hope these results will encourage teachers, principals and other educators in all of our schools as they strive to help students meet Virginia’s high expectations for learning and achievement,” said Steven R. Staples, superintendent of public instruction.
For a school to earn full accreditation, students must achieve adjusted pass rates (or benchmarks) of at least 75% on English reading and writing SOL tests, and at least 70% on mathematics, history and science tests.
Ratings are based on the achievement of students on tests taken during the previous academic year, or on a three-year average of achievement. Patrick County’s results show pass rates for 2014-2015, 2015-2016, and 2016-2017. High schools are fully accredited if students achieve the required pass rates in English, math, history and science, and also if they attain a point value of 85 or greater based on the Graduation and Completion Index (GCI).
Here are the results based on information from the VDOE:
PATRICK SPRINGS PRIMARY SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 64% and 76%; 2015-26, 85% and 72%; 2016-17, 88% and 79%; mathematics, 2014-15, 80% and 65%; 2015-16, 91% and 78%; and 2016-17, 92% and 87%.
STUART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 65% and 70%; 2015-16, 72% and 66%; and 2016-17, 81% and 72%; math, 2014-15, 74% and 72%; 2015-16, 80% and 75%; and 2016-17, 87% and 80%; history, 2014-15, 80% and 80%; 2015-16, 89% and 91%; science, 2014-15, 73% and 74%; 2015-26, 71% and 70%; 2016-17, 92% and 77%.
BLUE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 74% and 76%; 2015-16, 81% and 84%; 2016-17, 87% and 80%; math, 2014-15, 67% and 72%; 2015-17, 91% and 80%; 2016-17, 95% and 85%; history, 2014-15, 87% and 84%; 2015-16, 86% and 84%; 2016-17, 90% and 87%; science, 2014-15, 80% and 84%; 2015-16, 92% and 84%; 2016-17, 91% and 86%.
WOOLWINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 76% and 79%; 2015-16, 88% and 78%; 2016-17, 86% and 83%; math, 2014-15, 84% and 83%; 2015-16, 95% and 88%; 2016-17, 96% and 91%; history, 2014-15, 86% and 85%; 2015-16, 98% and 88%; 2016-17, 95% and 90%; science, 2014-15, 87% and 90%; 2015-16, 88% and 89%; 2016-17, 93% and 89%.
HARDIN REYNOLDS MEMORIAL SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 69% and 77%; 2015-16, 75% and 73%; 2016-17, 77% and 73%; math, 2014-15, 67% and 65%; 2015-16, 72% and 69%; 2016-17, 74% and 71%; history, 2014-15, 73% and 75%; 2015-16, 87% and 77%; 2016-17, 87% and 80%; science, 2014-15, 52% and 67%, 2015-16, 75% and 65%; 2016-17, 78% and 68%.
MEADOWS OF DAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 76% and 79%; 2015-16, 88% and 80%; 2016-17, 90% and 84%; math, 2014-15, 62% and 63%; 2015-16, 89% and 76%; 2016-17, 86% and 80%; history, 2014-15, 76% and 78%; 2015-16, 87% and 77%; 2016-17, 76% and 78%; 2016-17, 90% and 83%; science, 2014-15, 95% and 82%.
PATRICK COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: English, 2014-15, 75% and 83%; 2015-16, 75% and 77%; 2016-17, 78% and 76%; math, 2014-15, 77% and 75%; 2015-16, 83% and 77%; 2016-17, 84% and 81%; history, 2014-15, 85% and 86%; 2015-16, 86% and 85%; 2016-17, 87% and 86%; science, 2014-15, 79% and 86%; 2015-16, 81% and 81%; 2016-17, 84% and 81%; graduation and completion index, benchmark 86%; 2014-15, 92% and 94%; 2015-16, 93% and 93%; 2016-17, 93% and 92%. 
