Graduation

PRESS RELEASE – September 30, 2021

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 2017 and were scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2021. 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:  https://www.doe.virginia.gov/news/news_releases/2021/09-30-21-graduation.docx

This is the thirteenth 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 95.3 percent surpassed the state’s rate at 93 percent. The county’s dropout rate of 2.5 percent in 2021 was lower than the state’s average of 4.3 percent.

The state’s report disaggregates the graduation and dropout data to reflect student subgroups. Fluvanna exceeded the state’s performance in six of seven areas for on-time graduation.  Fluvanna saw an increase of 10.2 percentage points, from the previous year, in the area of black students graduating on time boasting a 100 percent rate for this subgroup.

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

Subgroup Cohort Graduate Dropout
2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Fluvanna Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State
All Students 278 293 95.3% 93.0% 95.6% 92.3% 2.5% 4.3% 1.4% 5.1%
Female 156 146 96.2% 95.1% 99.3% 94.3% 2.6% 2.8% 0.0% 3.9%
Male 122 147 94.3% 91.0% 91.8% 90.6% 2.5% 5.7% 2.7% 6.3%
Black 39 49 100.0% 90.8% 89.8% 91.3% 0.0% 4.8% 4.1% 5.0%
White 204 222 95.6% 95.3% 96.4% 95.3% 2.9% 2.3% 0.9% 2.5%
Students with Disabilities 41 43 90.2% 90.7% 90.7% 90.4% 7.3% 7.3% 7.0% 7.6%
Disadvantaged Students 112 117 92.0% 89.2% 90.6% 89.1% 6.3% 6.0% 2.6% 6.8%

 

Fluvanna’s graduates earning an Advanced Studies Diploma was 51.8 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 2021.

Board Approved Diplomas

Class of 2021

  2021 2020 2019
  Fluvanna State Fluvanna State Fluvanna State
Total Diplomas 95.3% 93.0% 95.6% 92.3% 97.4% 91.1%
Advanced Studies 51.8% 52.8% 53.9% 56.8% 57.6% 52.2%
Standard 40.6% 38% 38.9% 40.9% 39.8% 38.9%
GED/Other 2.9% 2.8% 2.8% 5.4% 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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