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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Virginia

Rank	School	City
1^st	Old Donation School	Virginia Beach
2^nd	St. Paul Elementary	Saint Paul
3^rd	Sangster Elementary	Springfield
4^th	Kent Gardens Elementary	Mclean
5^th	Haycock Elementary	Falls Church
6^th	Wolftrap Elementary	Vienna
7^th	Churchill Road Elementary	Mclean
8^th	Nottingham Elementary	Arlington
9^th	Colvin Run Elementary	Vienna
10^th	Mill Run Elementary	Ashburn

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Top 10 Middle Schools in Virginia

Rank	School	City
1^st	St. Paul Elementary	Saint Paul
2^nd	J.W. Adams Combined	Pound
3^rd	Pennington Traditional	Manassas
4^th	Mary G. Porter Traditional	Woodbridge
5^th	Williamsburg Middle	Arlington
6^th	Woolwine Elementary	Woolwine
7^th	Lylburn Downing Middle	Lexington
8^th	Brambleton Middle	Ashburn
9^th	L.F. Addington Middle	Wise
10^th	Nickelsville Elementary	Nickelsville

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Top 10 High Schools in Virginia

Rank	School	City
1^st	Radford City Virtual	Radford
2^nd	Rural Retreat High	Rural Retreat
3^rd	Thomas Jefferson High for Science and Technology	Alexandria
4^th	Central High	Norton
5^th	Open High	Richmond
6^th	Freedom High	South Riding
7^th	Independence High	Ashburn
8^th	Louisa County High	Mineral
9^th	Grassfield High	Chesapeake
10^th	Holston High	Damascus

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District Name	Number of Schools	VA Virginia District Rank	City	County
Fairfax County Public Schools	218	39^th	Falls Church	Fairfax County
Loudoun County Public Schools	102	18^th	Ashburn	Loudoun County
Prince William County Public Schools	98	46^th	Manassas	Manassas city
Virginia Beach City Public Schools	87	29^th	Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach city
Henrico County Public Schools	79	90^th	Henrico	Richmond city
Chesterfield County Public Schools	75	73^rd	North Chesterfield	Richmond city
Richmond City Public Schools	59	118^th	Richmond	Richmond city
Norfolk City Public Schools	50	112^th	Norfolk	Norfolk city
Chesapeake City Public Schools	48	34^th	Chesapeake	Chesapeake city
Newport News City Public Schools	45	105^th	Newport News	Newport News city

District Name	Number of Schools	VA Virginia District Rank	City	County
Lexington City Public Schools	2	1^st	Lexington	Lexington city
Wise County Public Schools	13	2^nd	Wise	Wise County
Falls Church City Public Schools	5	3^rd	Falls Church	Falls Church city
Charlotte County Public Schools	5	4^th	Charlotte Court House	Charlotte County
Louisa County Public Schools	6	5^th	Mineral	Louisa County
York County Public Schools	19	6^th	Yorktown	York County
Botetourt County Public Schools	12	7^th	Fincastle	Botetourt County
Poquoson City Public Schools	4	8^th	Poquoson	Poquoson city
New Kent County Public Schools	5	9^th	New Kent	New Kent County
Patrick County Public Schools	7	10^th	Stuart	Patrick County

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Cities in Virginia

Largest Virginia Cities
Top 10 VA Virginia Cities

City	Number of Schools	VA Virginia City Rank
Richmond	180	310^th
Virginia Beach	140	125^th
Alexandria	102	284^th
Norfolk	90	320^th
Chesapeake	88	134^th
Newport News	68	328^th
Roanoke	64	214^th
Arlington	61	131^st
Charlottesville	59	217^th
Fredericksburg	56	278^th

City	Number of Schools	VA Virginia City Rank
Saint Paul	1	1^st
Great Falls	4	2^nd
Rosedale	1	2^nd
Seaford	1	4^th
Callaway	1	5^th
Wise	8	6^th
McLean	20	7^th
Blairs	1	8^th
Pound	2	9^th
Oakton	5	10^th

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