Fluvanna Graduation

PRESS RELEASE – October 10, 2019

The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) released state-level, division-level, and school-level cohort reports that detail outcomes for students who entered the ninth grade for the first time in 2015 and were scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2019. High school cohort reports for schools, school divisions, and the Commonwealth are available for viewing and downloading in the Virginia School Report Card section of the VDOE Web site:  http://www.doe.virginia.gov/news/news_releases/2019/10-08-19-graduation.docx

This is the eleventh calculation by the state of a longitudinal dropout rate, which tracks students beginning with their ninth-grade year, rather than an annual reporting for a particular school year. The graduation rate is indicative of those students who earned advanced, standard, special, or general achievement diplomas. Students earning a GED are not included in the calculation.  The dropout rate reflects those students who permanently left school and does not include students who are continuing to seek a diploma beyond the four years.

Fluvanna’s on-time graduation rate of 93.4 percent surpassed the state’s rate at 91.5 percent. The county’s dropout rate of 1.8 percent in 2019 was a decrease from the previous year, and was lower than the state’s average of 5.6 percent.

Compared with the 132 school divisions across the state of Virginia, Fluvanna ranks 16th for fewest dropouts.

The state’s report disaggregates the graduation and dropout data to reflect student subgroups. Fluvanna exceeded the state’s performance in all seven areas for both on-time graduation and dropouts.

The table below provide a breakout for all subgroups compared to state and the previous year’s results.

Subgroup Cohort Graduate Dropout
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Fluvanna Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State
All Students 274 293 93.4% 91.5% 95.6% 91.6% 1.8% 5.6% 2.0% 5.5%
Female 132 146 93.9% 93.7% 96.6% 93.8% 1.5% 4.2% 0.7% 4.0%
Male 142 147 93.0% 89.5% 94.6% 89.5% 2.1% 6.9% 3.4% 6.9%
Black 49 43 91.8% 89.7% 95.3% 89.6% 2.0% 6.2% 2.3% 6.0%
White 197 225 94.9% 94.7% 95.1% 94.6% 2.0% 2.9% 2.2% 3.1%
Students with Disabilities 43 39 90.7% 88.5% 94.9% 88.2% 2.3% 9.1% 2.6% 9.5%
Disadvantaged Students 86 83 86.0% 87.2% 90.4% 87.6% 3.5% 8.2% 3.6% 7.8%

Fluvanna’s graduates earning an Advanced Studies Diploma was 45.3 percent.  The Advanced Studies Diploma prepares students to enter higher education and requires additional credits in mathematics, laboratory science, and history and social sciences as compared with the Standard Diploma requirements.  The Advanced Studies Diploma also requires students to complete three years of foreign language and three additional Standards of Learning Tests.  The chart below outlines the diplomas awarded to the class of 2019.

Board Approved Diplomas

Class of 2019

  2019 2018 2017
  Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State
Total Diplomas 93.4% 91.5% 95.6% 91.6% 97.4% 91.1%
Advanced Studies 45.3% 51.5% 49.8% 52.0% 57.6% 52.2%
Standard 44.9% 37.2% 45.7% 39.6% 39.8% 38.9%
GED/Other 0.0% 3.9% 2.4% 2.9% 0.4% 3.1%

For additional information, contact Brenda Gilliam, Executive Director for Instruction and Finance, at 434-589-8208 or bgilliam@apps.fluco.org.

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