Fredericksburg City SOL Results
Top-line results show while City schools are making some gains with select subgroups, the district as a whole continues to lag far behind other districts in the commonwealth.
By Martin Davis
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Fredericksburg City Public Schools has not yet released its analysis of the just-released Standards of Learning test results. The Advance has compiled the following chart from the Virginia Department of Education website comparing the district’s 2023-2024 performance with its 2024-2025 performance.
Readers should keep in mind that these are top-line scores. The Advance will have a deeper dive into the district’s performance in coming weeks.
In many areas, the district was within +/- 2 points of last year’s performance. There were some notable exceptions. (The scores for English Writing are not considered given the wide variability in scores and the large number of subgroups not reporting scores.)
English Reading: Black, Hispanic, and Students with Disabilities rose 4 points; Economically Disadvantaged Students rose 5 points.
History and Social Science: Black students fell 3 points; Students with Disabilities rose 7 points.
Math: Black students fell 3 points; Economically Disadvantaged students fell 4 points; English Learner and Hispanic students fell 5 points; Students with Disabilities fell 6 points; and White students rose 6 points.
Science: All students fell 3 points; Asian students fell 10 points; Black students fell 5 points; White students fell 3 points; Hispanic students rose 4 points and Students with Disabilities rose 5 points.
Fredericksburg vs. State
Fredericksburg City Public Schools as a whole is well below the state average in English (Reading), History, Math, and Science. (Due to an absence of data noted above for English (Writing) those scores are not considered here.) When looking at the average for all students, the largest gap is History, where the district trails the state average by 26 points. The smallest gap is English (Reading), where the district trails the state average by 15 points.
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Important to note FCPS is still in the bottom 10% academically in Virginia. No substantial change. Just an Administration, a School Board, and City Council that is ‘keeping the students down’. This can be fixed but there is not the will of citizens or leadership to make that happen. Let’s not forget per pupil funding and teachers per student is above the average. What is wrong with our schools?