PCSing to Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake or any of the surrounding areas, read this newly released report showing all Virginia Beach Public Schools are nationally ranked for the year 2014.
VIRGINIA BEACH SCHOOLS RANKINGS
The Washington Post released Monday its annual list of the most challenging U.S. public high schools and all 11 Virginia Beach City Public Schools' (VBCPS) high schools earned a spot. VBCPS is the only division in Hampton Roads to have all of its high schools rank in the top 9 percent of the near 22,000 public high schools in the nation. According to The Washington Post, the High School Challenge index is designed to identify schools that have done the best job in persuading average students to take college-level courses and tests. Only seven other high schools in the greater Hampton Roads region made the list of top 2,025 schools.
Click here for the full 2014 list of America's most challenging schools
HOW RANKINGS ARE DETERMINED
Determining America's Most Challenging High Schools Rankings
America's Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index formula that's a simple ratio: the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year. A ratio of 1.000 means the school had as many tests as graduates.
Information related to VBCPS testing data and the division's key indicators for student success are available on vbschools.com.
ACADEMIES HELP VIRGINIA BEACH SCHOOL RANKINGS
In Virginia Beach, High Schools have Academies within the walls of to their HS. These academies help raise the test scores for these schools. Below is an explanation of each academy and school:
Students must test to get into these academies:
OCEAN LAKES HS- Math Science Advanced Academy
PRINCESS ANNE HS- International Baccalaureate (IB) Advanced Academy
Students are accepted by application to these academies:
FIRST COLONIAL HS- Legal Studies Academy
BAYSIDE HS- Health Science Academy
SALEM HS- Performing Arts Academy
TALLWOOD HS- Global Studies Academy
LANDSTOWN HS- Technology Academy
Schools without Academies are:
COX HS
KELLAM HS
GREEN RUN HS*
KEMPSVILLE HS
*Green Run Collegiate Academy, a charter school within Green Run HS, opened September 2013.
VIRGINIA BEACH SCHOOL RANKINGS VS SURROUNDING SCHOOLS
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