In Virginia, 65.3% of Black students pass the SOL in reading and math at the typical school — against 81.5% of White students. Within Richmond City alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 84 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Virginia schools ›Share of students meeting pass rate at the typical Virginia school. Groups are shown wherever Virginia reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from VDOE SOL 2024-25, measuring pass rate in Reading & Math · All grades. Across 114 districts, 1,588 Virginia schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Virginia school the picture is black students at 64.2%, hispanic students at 65.2%, white students at 81% and asian students at 83.4%. That is a 19.2-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students pass. Two hundred and twenty schools clear it — more than any state here except Texas. Mary G. Porter Traditional in Prince William County reaches 94.8% across 466 Black student results.
Open High passes 96.4% of its Black students. Richmond Success Academy, in the same division, passes 12.2%. Across 43 schools in one city, a child's address decides which end they land on.
60.4% of Black students pass, against 82.8% of White students — measured across 275,049 Black student test results. Virginia's gap is the narrowest of any state here, and it is still more than twenty points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet pass rate, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson High for Science and TechnologyFairfax County | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Wakefield Forest ElementaryFairfax County | 93.3% | 100% | 83.3% | 94.6% | 97.2% |
| Old Donation SchoolVirginia Beach City Magnet | 99.9% | 99.1% | 100% | 99.9% | 100% |
| Belvedere ElementaryFairfax County | 81% | 98.9% | 64% | 89.8% | 82.5% |
| Springfield Estates ElementaryFairfax County | 87.6% | 97.3% | 71.8% | 95.7% | 89.5% |
| Kent Gardens ElementaryFairfax County | 97% | 97.1% | 95.2% | 96.5% | 97.6% |
| Samuel L. Gravely Jr. ElementaryPrince William County | 88.1% | 96.9% | 76.6% | 90.9% | 93.1% |
| Green Run CollegiateVirginia Beach City Charter | 96.2% | 96.8% | 94.1% | 96% | 100% |
| Colvin Run ElementaryFairfax County | 96.4% | 96.7% | 97% | 96.1% | 95.9% |
| Madison HighFairfax County | 95.2% | 96.6% | 82.7% | 97.8% | 97.8% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Success AcademyRichmond City | 14.7% | 12.2% | 16.4% | — | — |
| R.I.S.E Academy at the John M. Langston CampusDanville City | 16.8% | 16.7% | — | 11.1% | — |
| Robert S. Payne ElementaryLynchburg City | 44.3% | 19.3% | 64% | 86.6% | — |
| S.P. Morton ElementaryFranklin City | 28.5% | 21.3% | 46.2% | 48.9% | — |
| Lakemont ElementaryPetersburg City | 30% | 24.6% | 36.5% | 54.5% | — |
| Redbud Run ElementaryFrederick County | 56% | 25% | 46.6% | 65% | 93.8% |
| Chincoteague ElementaryAccomack County | 65.2% | 25% | — | 73.7% | — |
| Trailblazer ElementaryCharlottesville City | 65.6% | 25.7% | 60% | 89.8% | 67.9% |
| Carlin Springs ElementaryArlington County | 39.5% | 25.8% | 35.3% | 94.4% | 55.8% |
| Summit ElementaryCharlottesville City | 63.4% | 26% | 59.3% | 87.2% | 73.7% |
In Richmond City, Open High reports 96.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Richmond Success Academy, in the same district, reports 12.2%. That is a 84.2-point spread across 43 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.