Summary:
King William County Public Schools has only one high school, King William High, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, ranking 226 out of 328 Virginia high schools in the 2024-2025 school year. While the school's four-year graduation rate is above the state average at 92.8%, it struggles with a higher-than-average dropout rate of 4.5% and a chronic absenteeism rate of 15.7%.
Academically, King William High's performance on SOL (Standards of Learning) tests varies significantly across different subjects and grade levels. The school excels in Algebra II, with 100% of 9th-grade students proficient or better in 2024-2025, but struggles in Earth Science, with only 45.95% of 10th-grade students proficient or better. The school's performance in English Reading for 11th-grade students is close to the state average, with 85.37% proficient or better in 2024-2025.
The school's student population of 678 students comes from a significant portion of economically disadvantaged backgrounds, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 37.61%. The school's per-student spending for the 2020-2021 school year was $8,075, which is lower than the state average. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism, improving academic outcomes across all subject areas, and providing targeted interventions and resources to support economically disadvantaged students could be important areas of focus for King William County Public Schools.
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