Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Virginia
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

136

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,130	328	302	16	39

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	14:1	15:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
35,715	16,659	21,655	532	502

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	712,297	778,344
9-12 (CCD)	273,049	307,950
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	5,161

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 31.4%, Local 63.4%, Federal 5.2%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	0.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	n/a	3.7
Black	n/a	27.2
Hispanic	n/a	3.9
White	n/a	64.9

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
10.1%	12.5%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
n/a	n/a

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,835	1,808

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	4.8%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
53%	55%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 1,128 schools; 35 to 49%, 298 schools; 50 to 74%, 240 schools; and 75 to 100%, 62 schools.

*87 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
>70 percent students pass standards-based tests (4 subjects) = fully accredited

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Improve percent of students passing to 70 percent

Indicators for School Accountability
Assessment scores

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Statewide standards (Provisional accreditation = scores improved over prior year).

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
631 (85.2%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	113,649
9-12	924
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	140	46
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,612	401
Black	54,281	13,612
Hispanic	4,097	1,888
White	24,199	21,105

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$113,198,718

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 22 schools with schoolwide programs and 808 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 155 schoolwide, 574 targeted assistance; in 1999, 192 schoolwide, 549 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Virginia Standards of Learning used since 1997-98.

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
No information provided

Exclusion from Assessment
Absent, refusal, disruptive, medical emergency, LEP documentation, or disability status.

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/ Language Arts
		Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students		39.1%	50.0%	10.8%
Title I Schoolwide		48.4	40.7	10.9
Title I Targeted		67.7	29.0	3.4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students		32.5%	45.6%	21.9%
Title I Schoolwide		52.1	38.2	9.7
Title I Targeted		59.4	34.3	6.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students		33.5%	50.6%	15.9%
Title I Schoolwide		66.5	31.5	1.9
Title I Targeted		77.4	19.5	3.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students		39.6%	53.9%	6.5%
Title I Schoolwide		74.9	24.5	0.6
Title I Targeted		87.1	11.6	1.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

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English
	Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students	28%	55%	17%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Algebra I
	Did not Pass	Passed/Proficient	Passed/Advanced
All Students	60%	37%	3%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	30%	32%
Basic level and above	64%	78%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	25%	26%
Basic level and above	72%	68%