Please, please, please parents, get active in what is going on with your child's education. Ask questions, contact the administration, email your child's teachers, volunteer at the school, attend all education events at school, attend PTA meetings, attend school board meetings, contact School Board members.....GET INVOLVED! Your children desperately need all of us to do so much more. The rest of their lives depends on what we do right now! If you need some motivation, please read the information below.
The reading and writing scores for 2013-2014 rate Belmont Elementary School 1003 out of 1045 in the State of Virginia. This reflects a 335% drop in rankings. Click "X" for link.
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Overall information can be found here;
http://www.schooldigger.com/go/VA/schools/0313001286/school.aspx
On September 18th, 2014, this is the excerpt from Inside Nova:
"Schools falling short of full accreditation included Belmont, Dumfries, Elizabeth Vaughan, Enterprise, Neabsco and R. Dean Kilby elementary schools; Fred M. Lynn, Rippon and Stonewall middle schools; and Freedom, Gar-field and Potomac high schools."......"Prince William also noted that four Title I schools previously designated as “Focus Schools,” because of insufficient passing rates in some student subgroups, boosted student achievement and no longer hold the distinction. Those schools were Ellis, Vaughan, Yorkshire and West Gate elementary schools. Only Belmont Elementary was named a “Focus School” this year, meaning it will have to employ a state-approved, school-improvement coach, according to a VDOE news release."
The information on the Virginia Department of Education article can be found here.
For information on what it means to be a "focus school", please click here.
On the school report card which can be found here, page 1 shows the averages for the school. These averages are for Grades 3, 4 and 5. The important thing to do is look at the actual statistics for each grade level and test. For instance, when you pull the 3rd Grade English scores, you will notice that 64% of our children failed. 71% of our children failed 3rd Grade Math. 61% of 4th Graders failed English. 34% of 4th Graders failed Math. 35% of 5th Graders failed English and 33% failed Writing. 5th Graders saved the school from failing Math accreditation because they passed with 73%, which is right on target for the state of Virginia.
Prior year results are below:
The reading and writing scores for 2013-2014 rate Belmont Elementary School 1003 out of 1045 in the State of Virginia. This reflects a 335% drop in rankings. Click "X" for link.
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Overall information can be found here;
http://www.schooldigger.com/go/VA/schools/0313001286/school.aspx
On September 18th, 2014, this is the excerpt from Inside Nova:
"Schools falling short of full accreditation included Belmont, Dumfries, Elizabeth Vaughan, Enterprise, Neabsco and R. Dean Kilby elementary schools; Fred M. Lynn, Rippon and Stonewall middle schools; and Freedom, Gar-field and Potomac high schools."......"Prince William also noted that four Title I schools previously designated as “Focus Schools,” because of insufficient passing rates in some student subgroups, boosted student achievement and no longer hold the distinction. Those schools were Ellis, Vaughan, Yorkshire and West Gate elementary schools. Only Belmont Elementary was named a “Focus School” this year, meaning it will have to employ a state-approved, school-improvement coach, according to a VDOE news release."
The information on the Virginia Department of Education article can be found here.
For information on what it means to be a "focus school", please click here.
On the school report card which can be found here, page 1 shows the averages for the school. These averages are for Grades 3, 4 and 5. The important thing to do is look at the actual statistics for each grade level and test. For instance, when you pull the 3rd Grade English scores, you will notice that 64% of our children failed. 71% of our children failed 3rd Grade Math. 61% of 4th Graders failed English. 34% of 4th Graders failed Math. 35% of 5th Graders failed English and 33% failed Writing. 5th Graders saved the school from failing Math accreditation because they passed with 73%, which is right on target for the state of Virginia.
Prior year results are below: