Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Virginia Education News & Data

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.

White Students Are Now 43% of Virginia's Schools

enrollment

Virginia's 19% Recovery

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.

Virginia's 19% Recovery