Fairfax County
Loudoun County's Absenteeism Nearly Quadrupled in Two Years
Loudoun County reported 4,094 students who were chronically absent in 2020-21, a published rate of 5.1% that placed it below the statewide rate.
Nearly Half of Virginia's Students Identified as Homeless Were Chronically Absent in 2022-23
Virginia reported that 49.1% of its students identified as homeless were chronically absent in 2022-23, meaning they missed at least 10% of the school year. That is 7,687 students, according to the Vi...
118 Virginia Divisions Had Higher Chronic Absence in 2022-23 Than in 2019-20
Correction, July 28, 2026: An earlier version of this article listed Radford City among the divisions whose chronic absenteeism improved. Radford's published rate fell because a large, low-absence vir...
Virginia's Chronic Absenteeism Rate Remained at 19.3% in 2022-23
Virginia counted 236,104 chronically absent students in 2022-23, a rate of 19.3% under the Virginia Department of Education's published figures. That was 8,898 fewer students than in 2021-22, and the ...
185,000 Virginia Students Now Have IEPs
Virginia's public schools enrolled 185,155 students with Individualized Education Programs in 2024-25, a 6.3% increase from 174,223 just two years earlier. Total enrollment fell by 1,947 students over...
One in 14 Virginia Students Now Identifies as Multiracial
Correction (July 21, 2026): A July 3 fact-check corrected multiracial students' 2011 rank from second-smallest to third-smallest but did not add the required visible notice. This audit also found that...
Fairfax County Graduates 93% of Its Students. Three of Its Schools Tell a Different Story.
Fairfax County is Virginia's largest school division and one of its wealthiest. Its 2023 graduation rate of 93.4% places it comfortably above the state average. Its reputation as a high-performing sub...
Fairfax County Lost 8,371 Students While Its Population Grew
Fairfax County Public Schools enrolled 188,930 students in 2019-20, the culmination of 17 years of nearly unbroken growth. Five years later, the division enrolled 180,559, a loss of 8,371 students, or...
One in Five Virginia Students Is Now Hispanic
In Manassas Park, 70.7% of students are Hispanic. White enrollment has fallen to 9.8%, down from 19.8% in 2016-17. Two hours south in the Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg crossed the majority-Hispanic ...
In One Virginia Division, 79% Earn an Advanced Diploma. In Another, 17%.
Virginia offers two main paths to a high school diploma. The Advanced Studies diploma requires 26 credits, including more rigorous coursework. The Standard diploma requires 22. Both satisfy graduation...
Three in Four Virginia Divisions Never Recovered from COVID
Stafford County added 1,872 students between 2020 and 2025. It is one of 34 Virginia school divisions, out of 130 after reconciling the Alleghany/Covington merger, that can say enrollment has returned...
White Students Are Now 43% of Virginia's Schools
In 2016-17, white students dropped below half of Virginia's public school enrollment for the first time in state records going back to 2002-03. Eight years later, they make up 43.4% of the state's 1,2...
Virginia's 20% Recovery
For 15 consecutive years, Virginia's public schools grew. Enrollment rose in every school year from 2003-04 through 2017-18, climbing by 116,921 students from its 2002-03 level, driven by Northern Vir...
Virginia Publishes 2024-25 Enrollment Data
Virginia's public schools enrolled 1,261,670 students in fall 2024, according to VDOE's Fall Membership data for 2024-25, the most recent school year in the state's published data. That is 592 fewer t...