Norfolk
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...
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...
38 Virginia Divisions Hit Their Worst-Ever Graduation Rate in 2023. 24 Hit Their Best.
Correction (July 21, 2026): An earlier version reported 132 Virginia divisions in the 2023 comparison; the package contains 130. It also incorrectly said most record-low divisions peaked in 2021 and t...
One in Three Virginia Divisions at Record-Low Enrollment
Virginia Beach City Public Schools enrolled 64,823 students in fall 2024, the 2024-25 school year and the most recent in the state's published data. That is the fewest in the 23 years of state records...
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...
Norfolk Has Lost Students Every Year for 22 Years
Norfolk Public Schools enrolled 36,745 students in 2002-03. In 2024-25, the count was 26,832. Between those two years, enrollment fell every single year: 22 consecutive annual declines, a streak no ot...
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...