demographics
White Students Are Now 43% of Virginia's Schools
Virginia crossed the majority-minority threshold in 2014. Since then, white enrollment has fallen by 106,000 students and 13 more divisions have flipped.
Data-Driven Education Journalism for the Old Dominion
Virginia crossed the majority-minority threshold in 2014. Since then, white enrollment has fallen by 106,000 students and 13 more divisions have flipped.
Virginia recovered less than a fifth of students lost to COVID. Five years later, enrollment is still sliding and the forces behind it are structural.
VDOE releases 2024-25 data showing 1,261,501 students statewide, down 36,511 from peak, with only 19% of losses recovered.