Summary:
The 23692 ZIP code, located in the Yorktown area of Virginia, contains eight public schools serving 5,559 students from elementary through high school, all part of the top-rated York County Public Schools district, which ranks 6th out of 131 districts statewide.
Among the standout schools, Dare Elementary leads the elementary schools with a 4-star rating, ranking 163rd out of 1,111 Virginia elementary schools, with math and reading proficiency well above state averages and the lowest chronic absenteeism rate in the area at 6.4%. York River Academy, a small high school with just 72 students, posts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, along with the most favorable student-teacher ratio (6.1:1) and highest per-student spending ($22,922), though its state rank is highly volatile from year to year due to its small size. Grafton Middle excels in advanced math, with near-perfect proficiency in Algebra I and Geometry, but its grade-level 7th and 8th grade math proficiency is surprisingly low, suggesting a sharp divide between accelerated and grade-level students.
The most concerning trends are at Grafton High, the largest school in the ZIP code with 1,235 students. It has the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 16.4%, above the state average, and its state ranking fell from 53rd to 109th in one year. Its 10th-grade Biology proficiency (51%) is well below the state average. Meanwhile, York High remains a strong 4-star high school with a 97.5% graduation rate. Per-student spending varies dramatically across the district, from $8,353 at Grafton Middle to $22,922 at York River Academy, and history scores are a consistent weak point across high schools. Overall, this is a high-performing school cluster with important variation in attendance, course acceleration, and spending.
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