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Schools in Pantops · Albemarle County Public Schools

Pantops’s public schools beat 89% of Virginia districts

The public schools Pantops’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 89% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#36Graduation rate81%beats similar-income towns
Math proficiency
66%
▲ 12 pts vs VA 54%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 4 pts vs VA 89%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$20.0K
▲ 16% vs VA $17.2K
FY2024
Schools
3
The School Grade

How Pantops compares

A Test scoresA− Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 89%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (130)Better than 81%
High confidence. Built on 4,384 tested students and a graduating class of 1,078; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Virginia only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Test scores · 2020–21

How students score

Math66%
State average 54.4%

Every school in Pantops

3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Within reach

Colleges near Pantops

There’s no college in Pantops, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, 2.8 miles away.

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Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Charlottesville
2.8 mi4,181 students
University of VirginiaUniversity or college · Public · Charlottesville
3.2 mi24,042 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Pantops. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.

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